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

2. Who does the tall man's companion tell an unbelievable story to?
(a) A local prostitute.
(b) A local shopkeeper.
(c) A local doctor.
(d) A local priest.

3. What does Ben tell Susan his current book is about?
(a) The history of folklore in Maine.
(b) The disappearance of four children before Hubert Marsten's death.
(c) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.
(d) The history of childhood pranks.

4. What does this dark figure standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery appear to be holding?
(a) The body of a small child.
(b) The body of a large dog.
(c) The body of a small sheep.
(d) The body of a grown woman.

5. To what does a dark figure address while standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery?
(a) Lord of Flies.
(b) Bezzelbub.
(c) Lord of Darkness.
(d) Dracula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Matt and Ben find this missing person?

2. What does the custodian of the dump like to shoot when he lights fires in the dump?

3. Who does Matt believe is dead in his guest room?

4. Why does Ben think this person is not dead, but simply sleeping?

5. What makes the two men Larry Crockett hires for Straker feel uneasy, afraid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is usual about the box that two movers are ordered to take to the Marsten House?

2. To whom does the boy make a confession?

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

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

5. Who died in the Marsten House in 1939?

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

7. Why does Matt call Ben in the middle of the night? What does he ask him to bring?

8. To whom does Ben give a speech about his writing career?

9. Which of the brothers eventually arrives home? What condition is he in?

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

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