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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kevin fill with liquid in Chapter 37?
(a) His father's milk truck.
(b) Three large cooking pots.
(c) Balloons.
(d) A tub sitting in a wheelbarrow.

2. On what pretext do the boys leave town in Chapter 29?
(a) To go fishing.
(b) To go to a baseball game.
(c) To go camping.
(d) To go to a scout meeting.

3. Why does Mike race upstairs and into the classroom at the end of Chapter 40?
(a) He wants to climb out through the window.
(b) He hears Dale screaming.
(c) Cordie calls him for help.
(d) He follows Roon there.

4. According to Mike, where does the tunnel in Chapter 37 lead to?
(a) No where.
(b) The library.
(c) The McBride farm.
(d) Old Central.

5. What does Kevin see appear at the end of Chapter 37?
(a) A bright light in the sky.
(b) A group of shadowy figures at town hall.
(c) A giant sinkhole in the middle of town.
(d) Two new furrows in the playground.

6. What does Mike see Van Skye reach for behind him in Chapter 33?
(a) An axe.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A pair of binoculars.
(d) A rifle.

7. Who ambushes Dale and Jim in the central foyer in Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Doubbet.
(b) Father Cavanaugh.
(c) Mr. McBride.
(d) Dr. Roon.

8. Who appears to help Kevin in Chapter 38.
(a) Mike.
(b) Jim.
(c) Cordie.
(d) Lawrence.

9. Who is Mike advised to ask about the soldier?
(a) A priest.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Mrs. Moon.
(d) The librarian.

10. What do the boys buy in Chapter 35?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Masks.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Squirt guns.

11. Who makes a love confession to Mike in Chapter 30?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Laura.
(d) Cordie.

12. What did Mr. Ashley Jr. do after his father's death?
(a) Buried the family treasure.
(b) Burned the family house down.
(c) Left the country.
(d) Held a bizarre funeral.

13. What does Father Cavanaugh ask Mike for in Chapter 34?
(a) To say a prayer for him.
(b) A truce.
(c) Help to find Dr. Roon.
(d) To borrow a weapon.

14. What is set on fire in Chapter 40?
(a) A desk.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) A burrower.
(d) A stack of old school files.

15. Who admitted to planting evidence on the executed man?
(a) William Campbell Phillips.
(b) Van Skye's uncle.
(c) One of the Moon children.
(d) Mr. Ashley-Montague Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is within the bell in Chapter 41?

2. What emerges from the soldier's mouth when it attacks the priest?

3. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?

4. What does Cordie Cooke tell Jim in Chapter 23?

5. What does the basement of Old Central look like in Chapter 38?

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