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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of the tall man who appears in Chapter 1?
(a) Writer.
(b) Real estate agent.
(c) Politician.
(d) Artist.

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

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

4. Who does Ben have dinner with in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The Burke family.
(b) The Petrie family.
(c) The Norton family.
(d) The Glick family.

5. What happens in Jerusalem's Lot in 1975?
(a) A motorcycle accident kills the mayor.
(b) Vampires take over the town.
(c) A fire burns the town to the ground.
(d) An explosion at the iron works kills hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Callahan spill that he carefully cleans up to keep his housekeeper from learning about it?

2. Who did Ben Mears live with as a child after his mother had a nervous breakdown?

3. What do Matt and Ben agree has caused some odd changes in Jerusalem's Lot?

4. Who is seen by several characters buying groceries at Milt Crossen's and lifting it with apparently no trouble?

5. How many families have lived in Marsten House since the murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Father Callahan attempt to hide from his housekeeper? Why?

2. What obstacle do several characters point out stand between a possible relationship between Susan and Ben?

3. Which of the brothers eventually arrives home? What condition is he in?

4. How does Susan know who Ben is when she sees him in the park? What does this tell the reader about Ben's career to this point?

5. Why did Ben enter the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?

6. What is unusual about the format of Chapter 3?

7. What house does Ben Mears make note of as he drives into Jerusalem's Lot?

8. Who died in the Marsten House in 1939?

9. Who are the tall man and the boy?

10. What detail does Ben suggest Matt leave out of his discussion with the police about Mike's death? Why?

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