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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dud repeatedly ask his visitor to do?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Buy him some beer.
(c) Leave.
(d) Pay a bill.

2. What does Ben tell Matt not to tell when he calls for help regarding the dead man in his guest bedroom?
(a) That he stabbed the dead man with a wooden stake.
(b) That he smoothered the dead man with a pillow.
(c) That he heard Danny Glick's laughing voice.
(d) That he heard the dead man take his own life.

3. Who dared nine-year-old Ben Mears to go inside Marsten House?
(a) A group of girls, one of whom Ben liked.
(b) A group of older boys who wanted him to prove himself brave.
(c) A group of local boys with whom he wanted to play pirates.
(d) A group of bullies who were threatening to beat Ben up.

4. Who does Larry Crockett hire to do what Straker has requested?
(a) Hank Peters and Mike Ryerson.
(b) Royal Snow and Hank Peters.
(c) Hank Peters and Dub Rogers.
(d) Royal Snow and Mike Ryerson.

5. What does Susan hear as she waits for Matt to return from upstairs in Chapter 9?
(a) Matt calling for help.
(b) Mike threatening Matt's life.
(c) The phone ringing.
(d) Danny laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Susan speak to in the waiting room after visiting Ben in the hospital?

2. What does Larry Crockett say might be a consequence of Hank's going to the police?

3. Who brings a photographer to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

4. Who is Marsten House named for?

5. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

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