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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 do the men forget to do and must flip a coin to decide who will do it, per Straker's request?
(a) To paint the bathroom wall in the laundry mat.
(b) To stack the stones from the demolished wall.
(c) To clear out a clogged toilet in the laundry mat.
(d) To leave the key on a table in the cellar.

2. Who does Ben have dinner with in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The Norton family.
(b) The Petrie family.
(c) The Burke family.
(d) The Glick family.

3. Who insists on caring for this person, admitting she has done it many times before?
(a) Susan.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Eva.
(d) Ann.

4. What does Susan tell Ben before leaving him for the night in Chapter 5?
(a) She cannot see him anymore.
(b) She wants to get married.
(c) She wants to be with Floyd Tibbits.
(d) She loves him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who disappears while Matt and Ben get to know one another?

2. Who do Ben and Matt decide to take with them that evening on their mysterious mission?

3. Where is Ben staying while in Jerusalem's Lot?

4. What does Father Callahan spill that he carefully cleans up to keep his housekeeper from learning about it?

5. What does Straker call Larry Crockett to ask him to arrange?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who sold the Marsten House to Straker and Barstow? Why?

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

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

6. What house does Ben Mears make note of as he drives into Jerusalem's Lot?

7. What does Mr. Glick demand Danny do during the funeral for Danny Glick?

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

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

10. What detail does Ben suggest Matt leave out of his discussion with the police about Mike's death? Why?

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