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

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

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

4. What is the name of the priest Mike visits?
(a) Father Clarkson.
(b) Father Cavanaugh.
(c) Father Kelly.
(d) Father Calhoun.

5. Who approaches Mike's grandmother's window in Chapter 34?
(a) Dr. Roon.
(b) Mike.
(c) The soldier.
(d) Mrs. Duggan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mr. Ashley Sr. die?

2. Who is Wink?

3. Who will the boys blame for stealing Mr. Grumbacher's truck?

4. What does Mike see Van Skye reach for behind him in Chapter 33?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange occurrence takes place at Michelle Staffney's birthday party?

2. How do the boys go about accelerating their plan in Chapter 37?

3. How does Dale become inspired to be a writer?

4. What happens to the boys after Dale's mother leaves to give Dale's uncle some medicine in Chapter 36?

5. What does Mike discover when he goes to visit Mrs. Moon in Chapter 26?

6. How do Kevin and Cordie fight off the creatures who come after them in Chapter 38, 39, and 40?

7. What evidence was planted on the man accused of the little girl's murder in 1900, and who planted it there?

8. What does Dr. Roon tell Dale and Jim in the classroom in Chapter 40?

9. What plan do the boys devise in Chapter 32?

10. How do the boys manage to get away from Dr. Roon?

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