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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 is the local gossip in Jerusalem's Lot?

2. Who died in Marsten House in 1939?

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

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

5. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What obstacle do several characters point out stand between a possible relationship between Susan and Ben?

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

4. What takes place in Harmony Hill Cemetery at midnight on the day depicted in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss bullies. What is a bully? How do you define bully? Name several characters in this novel that are bullies. How many of them are adults? What is different between a child bully and an adult bully? What are the similarities? What is the essentially quality of all bullies demonstrated in this novel? How is this quality eventually illustrated?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Susan Norton. Who is Susan? What is her education level? What is her relationship with her mother like? Why do Susan and her mother fight often through the course of the novel? What is Susan's relationship like with her father? How does this contrast with her relationship with her mother? Who is Susan dating when the novel begins? How does this relationship change through the course of the novel? Why? What does this change say about Susan's character?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss exorcism and its relationship to the Catholic Church as a comparison to the vampires who invade Jerusalem's Lot. What is exorcism? What is its purpose? Do demons exist? Do vampires exist? Is it a leap of logic to believe in demons or vampires? Why does Father Callahan believe in vampires? Does Callahan believe in exorcism? Does the Catholic Church continue to believe in demons? Are exorcisms still practiced in the Catholic Church? Why or why not? What does this say about the Church's stand on things such as demons and vampires? Does this take away some of the realism of this novel? Does it add to the realism of this novel?

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