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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the figures who approach the boys carrying in Chapter 29?

2. Where do the boys plan to meet in Chapter 37?

3. What grabs Lawrence's wrist in Chapter 36?

4. Where was the man tried for the murders around 1900 executed?

5. Why does Mike race upstairs and into the classroom at the end of Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strategy do the boys employ to outsmart the dangerous men in Chapter 29?

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

3. How do the boys prepare themselves for the dangerous beings in Chapter 35?

4. How does Mike explain the death of Father Cavanaugh to the sheriff, and does the sheriff believe him?

5. Describe Mike's encounter with Father Cavenaugh in Chapter 40.

6. What happens to the boys while in the belfry?

7. How do Cordie and Kevin start a fire at the school?

8. What does Mike imagine while delirious with fever in Chapter 23?

9. What does Dale take from Mr. Ashley-Montague's shelf in Chapter 28?

10. Why does Jim go into the woods in Chapter 23? What does Cordie tell Jim when they meet in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Simmons's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why does Simmons use foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

The Borgia Bell is a bell shrouded with mystery and history. What do the boys discover of the bell's past? What connections does the bell have to death and evil? How does the bell influence the happenings of the small town?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Summer of Night." How does Simmons illustrate the death motif throughout the novel? What do the characters think of death? How do the characters react to the deaths? Why are these deaths occurring?

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