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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. Who is Wink?

2. What does Mike find on the ground in Chapter 40?

3. Where does Wink usually sleep?

4. What is hanging around Mrs. Moon's bedroom when Mike visits?

5. Where do the boys go from the belfry in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the basement of Old Central look in Chapter 38?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who did Mr. Ashley-Montague Sr. and Jr. arrange to have arrested for the disappearances and murders of children around 1900? What punishment did this person receive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of the novel, Dan Simmons. What other works has he received recognition for? Is his work usually similarly-themed? Does he always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the antagonists of the novel "Summer of Night." Who are the antagonists? Why are they the antagonists? What do they do to the main characters? What do the antagonists look like?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflicts in the novel "Summer of Night." Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts affect the plot and the characters? Are these conflicts resolved?

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