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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 turns Corey into a vampire on his way out of town?

2. Who visits Mark at home that night?

3. Where does Susan decide to go in Chapter 11 by herself?

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

5. What causes Matt to go upstairs while he is visiting with Susan in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mark escape from the rope with which Straker has tied him? How does Mark escape Straker?

3. Who wakes to find her child dead in the beginning of Chapter 10? What is this person's reaction?

4. Who goes to the Marsten House? What do they find there?

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

6. 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?

7. What does Ben make a crucifix out of? What does this crucifix symbolize?

8. Who comes to visit Matt Burke in Chapter 13?

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

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 Father Callahan. What causes Father Callahan to drink to excess? Is Father Callahan unhappy in his profession? Explain. What does Father Callahan wish he could do rather than what he is doing? Does Father Callahan get this chance? How does he do? Why does Father Callahan believe Matt when he tells him about the vampires? Would one assume a priest would believe such a story? Why or why not?

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 one of these themes in a detailed essay, using examples from the novel:

1) Courage

2) Faith

3) Morality

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