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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many families have lived in Marsten House since the murders?

3. What does Ben want to do after seeing Susan but cannot?

4. What does Ben tell Matt the subject of his new book is about?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. To whom does the boy make a confession?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in a detailed essay, including evidence from the novel:

1) Symbolism in regards to the class ring Susan finds in Matt's house.

2) Theme in regards to the abuse perpetrated against the infant Randy McDougall.

3) Foreshadowing in regards to the relationship between Susan and Floyd at the time Susan begins seeing Ben.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the fire of 1951. How did it begin? What was lost? Who fought it? What does it say about the town of Jerusalem's Lot? What does this fire represent by the end of the novel? Why does Ben recall this fire when he and Mark return to Jerusalem's Lot? Why does Ben begin another fire? How are the two fires alike? How are they different? What does fire symbolize in this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Matt Burke? How does Ben meet Matt? Why do they become friends so quickly? What do they have in common? How does Matt become aware of the vampires in Jerusalem's Lot? How does Matt become the leader of the resistance? What happens to Matt when Mike attempts to turn him into a vampire? Why? How does Matt continue to fight the vampires? How does Matt get killed? Is this murder?

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