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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 happens to Marjorie Glick's body when the sun goes down?

2. Who dies in the local jail in Chapter 10?

3. Why do Jimmy and Ben go to the morgue?

4. Who invites Mark into the cellar?

5. Who finds Corey Bryant in his wife's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Father Callahan fight at the Petrie home? Why does he lose? What does this fight cause to happen to Father Callahan?

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

3. Why do Ben and Jimmy Cody go to the morgue? What do they expect to happen?

4. What is Ben forced to do while in the Marsten House? How does this connect to a tragedy in his past?

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

6. What happens to Matt when he sees Mike return to his guest room as a vampire?

7. What does Susan hear at Matt's house while Matt is checking on a strange noise in the guest room of his house? What does Susan later find in the guest room?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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