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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Salem's Lot Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Matt Burke?
(a) A gas station attendant.
(b) A faith healer.
(c) An English teacher.
(d) A math professor.

2. What does Ben tell Matt the subject of his new book is about?
(a) Vampires.
(b) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.
(c) The disappearances of four children and the history of Marsten House.
(d) Hubert and Birdie Marsten.

3. Why does Ben think this person is not dead, but simply sleeping?
(a) Because he looks overwhelmingly healthy.
(b) Because there are no signs of violence.
(c) Because he is watching them.
(d) Because he is breathing.

4. Who is traveling with the tall man in Chapter 1?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) A small child.
(d) An adolescent child.

5. Who died in Marsten House in 1939?
(a) Billy and Bobby.
(b) Susan and Ann.
(c) Hubert and Birdie.
(d) Ben and Carol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?

2. Who dug the grave prior to the service?

3. Who is forced to bury the casket alone when his partner fails to return after the service?

4. How does the person who Ben meets in the park recognize him?

5. What does Larry Crockett offer Hank Peters to encourage him not to go to the police about the things he saw at Marsten House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ben and Matt discuss over dinner in Chapter 7?

2. How does Susan know who Ben is when she sees him in the park? What does this tell the reader about Ben's career to this point?

3. What does Ben find when he arrives at Matt's house?

4. What takes place in Harmony Hill Cemetery at midnight on the day depicted in Chapter 3?

5. Who does Matt run into at Dell's on Thursday night?

6. What two boys are walking alone in the dark woods? Why?

7. Which children go missing in Chapter 4? Who sounds the alarm?

8. Why did Ben enter the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?

9. What do Ben and Susan discuss is still living in the Marsten House?

10. Why does Ben decide to go out again after leaving Susan at home after their second dinner with her parents?

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