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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the custodian of the dump like to shoot when he lights fires in the dump?
(a) Birds.
(b) Cats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Cockroaches.

2. Who is Ben Mears?
(a) The tall man's companion.
(b) The local priest.
(c) The tall man's friend.
(d) The tall man.

3. What does Ben tell Matt the subject of his new book is about?
(a) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.
(b) Hubert and Birdie Marsten.
(c) Vampires.
(d) The disappearances of four children and the history of Marsten House.

4. Who tells her daughter she disapproves of Ben Mears?
(a) Sandy McDougall.
(b) Mabel Werts.
(c) Eva Miller.
(d) Ann Norton.

5. Where did Ben Mears live for several years as a child?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Los Zapatos.
(c) Jerusalem's Lot.
(d) London.

6. 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 the dead man take his own life.
(d) That he heard Danny Glick's laughing voice.

7. Who insists on caring for this person, admitting she has done it many times before?
(a) Susan.
(b) Ann.
(c) Eva.
(d) Sandy.

8. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?
(a) Jimmy Cody is a newspaper reporter and he has come at Matt's request.
(b) Jimmy Cody is the coroner and has come to take the dead man away.
(c) Jimmy Cody is Matt's doctor and he has come because Matt called him.
(d) Jimmy Cody is the local cop and has come to investigate the suspicious death.

9. Who do Ben and Matt decide to take with them that evening on their mysterious mission?
(a) Eva Miller.
(b) Mark Petrie.
(c) Jimmy Cody.
(d) Susan Norton.

10. Where do Ben and Matt agree to take Susan that Friday night?
(a) To Marsten House.
(b) To Bangor for a movie.
(c) Out dancing.
(d) To dinner.

11. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?
(a) Hank.
(b) Dell.
(c) Dud.
(d) Royal.

12. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?
(a) Danny's father.
(b) Father Callahan.
(c) Danny's mother.
(d) Ralphie.

13. What makes the two men Larry Crockett hires for Straker feel uneasy, afraid?
(a) A dark figure behind Marsten House.
(b) A strange sound in the cellar of Marsten House.
(c) A dark figure who appears in the laundry mat window.
(d) A strange box that has no markings or custom tags.

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

15. Who did Ben see when he entered the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?
(a) The ghost of Hubert Marsten.
(b) The ghost of Birdie Marsten.
(c) The ghost of a young boy.
(d) The ghost of Bobby Marsten.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the person who Ben meets in the park recognize him?

2. What does this dark figure standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery appear to be holding?

3. Who does Ben urge Matt to call?

4. What does Matt believe caused the marks he notices on Mike?

5. Where is Ben staying while in Jerusalem's Lot?

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