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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 this visitor do to Dud after he falls into some sort of trance?
(a) Stabs him with a knife.
(b) Bites his neck.
(c) Stiffs him on a bill.
(d) Places an embarrassing sign around his neck.

2. Who found the dead bodies in Marsten House in 1939?
(a) Bobby, the owner's son.
(b) Parkins, a local cop.
(c) Larry McLeod, the mail carrier.
(d) Jerusalem, the town's mayor.

3. Who does Ben Mears meet in the park in Chapter 2?
(a) Weasel.
(b) Matt.
(c) Susan.
(d) Floyd.

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

5. Who does Susan learn died when she goes home in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Floyd Tibbits.
(b) Mike Ryerson.
(c) Larry Crockett.
(d) Ben Mears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Parkins Gillespie unconcerned about the missing boy?

2. What does Straker call Larry Crockett to ask him to arrange?

3. Who does Ben urge Matt to call?

4. What does Matt Burke tell Susan when she visits with him in Chapter 9?

5. Why does Ben think this person is not dead, but simply sleeping?

(see the answer key)

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