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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emerges from Dale and Lawrence's closet in Chapter 16?
(a) A large green spider.
(b) A large centipede.
(c) A puddle of slime.
(d) A maggot-infested corpse.

2. What nickname do the boys have for the teacher, Mrs. Doubbet?
(a) Mrs. Double-Butt.
(b) Mrs. Duvet.
(c) Mrs. Double Double.
(d) Mrs. Doubbbbbbb-et.

3. Where does Jim see a shadow moving in his house?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the attic.

4. Who or what attacks Duane and his father in Chapter 15?
(a) Cordie Cooke.
(b) A shadowy figure.
(c) A large snake-like creature.
(d) J.P. Congden's dog.

5. Who is Mrs. Cooke arguing with in front of the school in Chapter 5?
(a) Mike.
(b) Van Skye.
(c) Dr. Roon.
(d) Ms. Moon.

6. What stops working in the Stewarts' basement?
(a) The alarm system.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The water heater.
(d) The sump pump.

7. Where does Van Skye have a part time job?
(a) At the garbage dump.
(b) At the cemetery.
(c) At the grocery store.
(d) At the funeral home.

8. What part of town do the Cookes live in?
(a) The side with cleared farmers fields.
(b) The side with treed areas.
(c) The wealthy side.
(d) The poor side.

9. What is the name of Aleister Crowley's book?
(a) The Book of the Law.
(b) The Book of Egyptian Gods.
(c) The Book of Osiris.
(d) The Book of the Bell.

10. Why is Duane at home alone in Chapter 7?
(a) His father is out drinking.
(b) His father is helping a neighbor mend a shed.
(c) His father is at work.
(d) His father is visiting the neighbors.

11. What do Dale and Lawrence hear rustling around them in Chapter 7?
(a) Bats.
(b) Cats.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Raccoons.

12. Where does Duane run to escape the truck which chases him in Chapter 9?
(a) Under an overpass.
(b) Inside a barn.
(c) Into the river.
(d) Into a cornfield.

13. What does the Stewarts' next door neighbor find in the basement in Chapter 22?
(a) A dead monkey-like creature.
(b) A garden snake.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) A drowned cat.

14. Where do Dale and Lawrence discover new furrows in the ground?
(a) Outside the post office.
(b) By the nursery school.
(c) In their backyard.
(d) Around the baseball diamond.

15. What does Duane's father have a degree in?
(a) Geography.
(b) English.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim find between his sheets when he returns home in Chapter 22?

2. What do the boys notice coming from the school building and heading into the grounds?

3. Who does Cordie wait for outside the school at the end of the day?

4. What wakes Mike in Chapter 12?

5. What year is inscribed on the school's bell?

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