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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. Where do the tall man and his companion go after leaving California?
(a) Los Zapatos, Mexico.
(b) Buenos Aries, Brazil.
(c) Edinburgh, Scotland.
(d) London, England.

2. Who dared nine-year-old Ben Mears to go inside Marsten House?
(a) A group of bullies who were threatening to beat Ben up.
(b) A group of local boys with whom he wanted to play pirates.
(c) A group of girls, one of whom Ben liked.
(d) A group of older boys who wanted him to prove himself brave.

3. What happens in a dream that Mike tells Matt about?
(a) Mike kills his wife with a knife.
(b) Mike is impaled on a gate post like Doc.
(c) Mike's son is kidnapped by a dark figure.
(d) A friend of Mike's comes to the window and he invites him in.

4. What does Ben tell Matt not to tell when he calls for help regarding the dead man in his guest bedroom?
(a) That he smoothered the dead man with a pillow.
(b) That he heard Danny Glick's laughing voice.
(c) That he stabbed the dead man with a wooden stake.
(d) That he heard the dead man take his own life.

5. What does the tall man sell that allows him to quit his job and leave California?
(a) A letter from his grandmother.
(b) A letter from his stock broker.
(c) A letter from his literary agent.
(d) A letter from his lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does a dark figure address while standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery?

2. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

3. What does Dud repeatedly ask his visitor to do?

4. Who did Ben see when he entered the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?

5. Who dug the grave prior to the service?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Who becomes convinced that Danny's eyes are open in his coffin? What does he do about it?

3. What is the book Ben is currently writing about?

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

5. Who does Ben meet while at Dell's bar?

6. What does Parkins learn from the FBI about Ben Mears' past?

7. What does Father Callahan attempt to hide from his housekeeper? Why?

8. Who is waiting for Ben the following evening when he leaves the boardinghouse to go to Spencer's?

9. What does Hank Peters see in the Marsten cellar that he discusses with Larry Crockett?

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

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