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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. What does this dark figure standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery appear to be holding?

2. Where does Ben go after dinner in Chapter 5?

3. What house catches Ben's attention as he arrives at his destination in 1975?

4. What does Matt hear as he tries to sleep that night?

5. Who died in Marsten House in 1939?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the tall man drive more than forty miles to get every week?

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

4. What two boys are walking alone in the dark woods? Why?

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

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

7. To whom does the boy make a confession?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Larry Crockett. Who is Larry Crockett? Why does Crockett sell the Marsten House? What makes Crockett uneasy about this sale? Why does he complete the sale anyway? What does Crockett get out of the sale? What does this say about his character? Would the invasion of the vampires in Jerusalem's Lot have been possible without Larry Crockett? Why or why not? What eventually happens to Crockett? Is this fate deserved?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss symbolism. What does the crucifix symbolize in this novel? How is the crucifix used as a weapon against the vampires? Why does Ben's tongue depressor crucifix work against Mrs. Glick, but Father Callahan's crucifix does not work against Barlow? What does this say about Ben and Father Callahan? What does Marsten House symbolize in this novel? Why? What does the coffin symbolize?

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