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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. Where does Mike find a tunnel in Chapter 8?
(a) In Van Skye's shed.
(b) In front of Duane's house.
(c) In the middle of the baseball diamon.
(d) Near the Cave.

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

3. What is the name of the Stewarts' next door neighbor?
(a) Mr. Shepherd.
(b) Mr. Sperling.
(c) Mr. Summerhurst.
(d) Mr. Smith.

4. What is Duane's dog named?
(a) Titan.
(b) Digger.
(c) Elmo.
(d) Witt.

5. What does Jim find between his sheets when he returns home in Chapter 22?
(a) Insects.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Slime.
(d) A note.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mike find another large hole in Chapter 17?

2. What does the object thrown into the water from the rendering truck appear to be?

3. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague drive in from Peoria in Chapter 14?

4. Where does Jim hide when the rendering truck starts to chase him?

5. What is the Cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Duane learn from Alister Crowley's book, "The Book of the Law"?

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

3. 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?

4. When does Duane calculate a sacrifice to the bell must have been made?

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

6. What does Duane hear through his headphones in Chapter 4?

7. What does Mike discover in Van Syke's shed at the cemetery?

8. Describe Old Central School. Why was it built?

9. What does Dale see when he goes into his flooded basement to replace a blown fuse?

10. What does Sandra Whittaker tell the boys in Chapter 5?

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