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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will the other boys be waiting according to the plan that the boys devise in Chapter 32?
(a) The Ashley-Montague house.
(b) At Mike's chcken coop.
(c) At Dr. Staffney's house.
(d) At the McBride farm.

2. What are the coke bottles that the boys carry in Chapter 33 filled with?
(a) Milk.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Holy water.
(d) Alcohol.

3. Who is killed in the explosion in Chapter 33?
(a) Van Syke.
(b) Dale's dog.
(c) Dr. Roon.
(d) No one.

4. Where does Jim go with the object he gets from the closet in Chapter 23?
(a) Mike's house.
(b) The baseball diamond.
(c) The library.
(d) The woods.

5. What does Lawrence drop on the floor in Chapter 36?
(a) His toothbrush.
(b) His yo-yo.
(c) His comic.
(d) His baseball cards.

6. What does Mike find on the ground in Chapter 40?
(a) Jim's baseball bat.
(b) Cordie's shoe.
(c) Dale's gun.
(d) Duane's notebook.

7. What does Dale steal from Mr. Ashley-Montague?
(a) A key.
(b) A file of papers.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A book.

8. Who disappears from his bed in Chapter 30?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Father Cavanaugh.
(c) Mr. McBride.
(d) Mr. Sperling.

9. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?
(a) A cave in.
(b) Mr. Roon.
(c) A burrowing creature.
(d) A dead body.

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

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

12. What emerges from the soldier's mouth when it attacks the priest?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Flies.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Worms.

13. What do the boys devise a plan to destroy in Chapter 32?
(a) The rendering truck.
(b) Van Skye's shed.
(c) The belfry.
(d) The tunnels around town.

14. Who stops Mike in the foyer in Chapter 40?
(a) Mrs. Doubbet.
(b) Father Cavanaugh.
(c) Mr. McBride.
(d) J.P. Congden.

15. When delirious with fever, who does Mike imagine he is conversing with?
(a) His mother.
(b) Duane.
(c) Mrs. Duggan.
(d) Tubby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was tried for the murders around 1900?

2. When Mike goes to Mrs. Moon, what does he discover?

3. How are Dale and Jim able to resist their attackers in Chapter 41?

4. What are each of the boys armed with in Chapter 29?

5. How did William Campbell Philips die?

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