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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 Susan hear as she waits for Matt to return from upstairs in Chapter 9?

2. Which character is reported missing by her parents?

3. What did Mark see on Barlow's hand that gives him a clue as to where he is hiding?

4. Who attended a funeral of a young woman supposedly killed by a vampire?

5. What books does Father Callahan notice on the patient's bedside table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Father Callahan tell Matt that helps him realize Father Callahan believes in vampires?

2. What do Franklin Bodden and Virgil Rathburn find when they visit the dump in Chapter 10?

3. What does Father Callahan initially believe is the cause of Matt's story about the vampires in Jerusalem's Lot?

4. Who calls Susan with bad news later that same afternoon?

5. When Marjorie Glick wakes up sick after a specific dream, what symptoms make the reader believe she has been bitten by a vampire?

6. With whom does Susan argue in the beginning of Chapter 9? Why?

7. Who sneaks up on Susan in the woods outside the Marsten House? Why is this person there?

8. Where does Susan go on her own in Chapter 11? For what purpose?

9. Where is Susan while Mark is being held prisoner upstairs? Does Mark attempt to rescue her? What happens to Susan?

10. Who does Ben bury in the backyard of the Petrie house? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following aspects of the setting of this novel:

1) The time period. In what year is the novel set? What impact does this year have on the novel? How does this year compare to modern time?

2) The location. Why was Maine chosen? What is unique about this area, this town, that leaves it vulnerable to attack by vampires?

3) The setting as a whole. How does the setting influence the development of the plot? What about the setting makes the plot more believable? How would the novel be different if it had been set elsewhere or in a different time period?

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