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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 does Kevin fill with liquid in Chapter 37?

2. What do the boys buy in Chapter 35?

3. What does Jim retrieve from the closet in Chapter 23?

4. According to Cordie, what do the men who killed Tubby and Duane want?

5. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Why do the boys go camping in Chapter 29?

10. What does Cordie show the boys at the co-op in Chapter 31?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The group of boys are the main characters of the novel. Mike, Duane, Dale, Kevin, Jim, and Lawrence all have significant roles in the novel and influence the plot in some way. What are these characters' defining character traits? How do they influence the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the supernatural elements in the novel. What are some examples of the supernatural in the novel? What can the supernatural beings do that humans cannot? How do these supernatural beings overcome the principle characters with their supernatural abilities?

Essay Topic 3

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

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