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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. Why is Parkins Gillespie unconcerned about the missing boy?

2. Where does Matt run into Mike Ryerson?

3. Who dared nine-year-old Ben Mears to go inside Marsten House?

4. Who is traveling with the tall man in Chapter 1?

5. Who was it that died in the fatal motorcycle accident in which one of the characters of the novel was driving?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the tall man and the boy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ann Norton. Why does Ann not like Ben? Why does Ann want Susan to marry Floyd Tibbits? What does Ann want for Susan? Is this what Susan wants for herself? How does this volatile relationship come to a head? Why does Susan chose not to make her mother into a vampire? What does this say about Susan's feelings for her mother? Who uses Ann to attempt murder against Matt? How does this foreshadow Matt's eventual death? What happens to Ann in the end? Is this fate better than the one Susan had planned for her mother? How?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss foreshadowing. How is the arrival of the vampires foreshadowed in the beginning of this novel? How does the childhood prank pulled on Ben Mears foreshadow his return to Jerusalem's Lot? How does the death of Ben's wife foreshadow Ben's act of murder against Susan? Discuss how Susan's relationship with Floyd Tibbits foreshadows the altercation between him and Ben.

Essay Topic 3

What are vampires? Why do some of the characters have trouble believing in vampires? Why do other characters believe so easily? What do the vampires want in Jerusalem's Lot? Why do they make a sacrifice to Lord of Flies? Who is Lord of Flies? What power might Lord of Flies have over the vampires? How does Matt figure out how to kill the vampires? Why do they focus on killing Barlow? Does their plan work?

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