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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. Why does Father Callahan believe the story of the young woman's death by vampires?

2. What does Mark Petrie initially refuse to do in answer to these knocks on his window?

3. Who attempts to fight Barlow with faith alone and fails?

4. Who is asked to search for this person reported missing?

5. How does Mark keep his captor from blocking his escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Matt ask Father Callahan to do as a result of their conversation? Why?

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

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

10. What is in the scrapbook Ben has kept since leaving Jerusalem's Lot?

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 one of the following in a detailed essay, including evidence from the novel:

1) Symbolism in regards to the class ring Susan finds in Matt's house.

2) Theme in regards to the abuse perpetrated against the infant Randy McDougall.

3) Foreshadowing in regards to the relationship between Susan and Floyd at the time Susan begins seeing Ben.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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