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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was tried for the murders around 1900?
(a) A black vagrant.
(b) A member of the Ashley-Montague family.
(c) Van Skye's grandfather.
(d) William Campbell Phillips.

2. How are Dale and Jim able to resist their attackers in Chapter 41?
(a) Jim kicks the attackers to the ground.
(b) Dale and Jim crawl through a small hole in the wall.
(c) Dale and Jim spray holy water on their attackers.
(d) Mike's entrance distracts the attackers.

3. What is hanging around Mrs. Moon's bedroom when Mike visits?
(a) Charms to ward off evil.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Her dead cats.
(d) Hundreds of spiders.

4. What does Mike fire his gun at while in the belfry?
(a) At the truck's gas tank.
(b) At the bell.
(c) At a burrower.
(d) At Dr. Roon.

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

6. According to Cordie, what do the men who killed Tubby and Duane want?
(a) Blood.
(b) Brains.
(c) Organs.
(d) Flesh.

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

8. What has Lawrence been tied to in Chapter 39?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A desk.
(c) A chair.
(d) A staircase.

9. What do the boys decide to retrieve from the McBride farm in Chapter 25?
(a) Duane's backpack.
(b) Duane's ashes.
(c) Duane's notebooks.
(d) Duane's gun.

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

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

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

13. How did the town come to realize that the man executed was innocent?
(a) Another man confessed to the crimes.
(b) Two more children went missing.
(c) A kidnapped child insisted he was innocent.
(d) The man's alibi was later proven true.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book in Chapter 32, what can the Stele of Revealing be destroyed by?

2. How did Mr. Ashley Sr. die?

3. How many figures approach the boys in Chapter 29?

4. Which boy shadows his friends in Chapter 29?

5. What does Dr. Roon do to Dale at the beginning of Chapter 41?

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