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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 grabs Lawrence's wrist in Chapter 36?

2. What do the boys decide to retrieve from the McBride farm in Chapter 25?

3. According to the book in Chapter 32, what can the Stele of Revealing be destroyed by?

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

5. What does Mike fire his gun at while in the belfry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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?

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