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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duane discover when he reaches safety after being chased by the truck?
(a) That his nose is bleeding.
(b) That his dog has died.
(c) That there is a shadowy figure behind him.
(d) That he is standing in a puddle of slime.

2. Where do the boys meet in Chapter 10?
(a) In the middle of Duane's cornfield.
(b) In their group treehouse.
(c) At the Cave.
(d) Mike's chicken house.

3. What does Sandra tell the boys has happened to Tubby?
(a) He has been kidnapped.
(b) He is at home sick.
(c) He has run away from home.
(d) He is visiting a relative.

4. What is the name of the massive bell which Duane learns about?
(a) The Basile Bell.
(b) The Borgia Bell.
(c) The Balestra Bell.
(d) The Bagnoli Bell.

5. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague drive in from Peoria in Chapter 14?
(a) A projector.
(b) A band.
(c) A statue.
(d) A newspaper delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Stewarts' next door neighbor find in the basement in Chapter 22?

2. Which of the following is NOT an accident associated with the school's bell?

3. What does Dale see in the water in Chapter 21?

4. What does Mrs. Moon recall a man being hanged for in the past?

5. Who is Mrs. Moon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys notice on the school grounds in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 22, what causes Jim to remember what he saw through the school window at the beginning of the summer?

3. Why does Congden insist Van Syke was not the driver of the truck that attacked Duane?

4. Who stops Dale as he follows Cordie Cooke in Chapter 11? Who rescues Dale from this person?

5. What does Tubby Cook do in the basement lavatory in Chapter 2?

6. What is Mrs. Cooke arguing with the sheriff and Dr. Roon about when the boys arrive at the school in Chapter 5?

7. Where do the boys meet to discuss Tubby's disappearance, and what do they decide to do? What gets dropped into the water while they are meeting?

8. What does Duane learn about the Borgia Bell in Chapter 12?

9. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague tell Duane when Duane asks to see the historical records from 1876?

10. What happens when Duane hears his father start the combine in Chapter 19?

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