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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 does Matt ask if Ben will do for him?
(a) Speak with the head of MIT.
(b) Help him re-write his resume.
(c) Allow him to perform accupuncture on Ben.
(d) Make a speech in his class.

2. What do Ben and Susan believe continues to live in the Marsten House?
(a) The ghosts of the four missing children.
(b) Birdie's ghost.
(c) Hubert's ghost.
(d) Hubert's evil.

3. What does Ben want to do after seeing Susan but cannot?
(a) Buy an engagement ring.
(b) Call his divorce lawyer.
(c) Sleep or write.
(d) Talk to Susan on the phone.

4. What does Susan tell Ben before leaving him for the night in Chapter 5?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She wants to be with Floyd Tibbits.
(c) She cannot see him anymore.
(d) She wants to get married.

5. To what does a dark figure address while standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery?
(a) Lord of Flies.
(b) Dracula.
(c) Lord of Darkness.
(d) Bezzelbub.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Parkins come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

3. Who is the custodian at the local dump?

4. Who comes to speak to Dud Rogers at the dump just as he is closing for the day?

5. Who does Larry Crockett hire to do what Straker has requested?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ben decide to go out again after leaving Susan at home after their second dinner with her parents?

2. What does Ben find when he arrives at Matt's house?

3. Why does Matt call Ben in the middle of the night? What does he ask him to bring?

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

5. Who does Ben meet while at Dell's bar?

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

7. What does Parkins learn from the FBI about Ben Mears' past?

8. 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?

9. Who becomes convinced that Danny's eyes are open in his coffin? What does he do about it?

10. Who are the tall man and the boy?

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