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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the custodian at the local dump?

2. Why does Charlie Rhodes make two children get off the bus?

3. What does Dud repeatedly ask his visitor to do?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Harmony Hill Cemetery at midnight on the day depicted in Chapter 3?

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

3. To whom does Ben give a speech about his writing career?

4. Who is waiting for Ben the following evening when he leaves the boardinghouse to go to Spencer's?

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

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

7. Who are the tall man and the boy?

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

9. To whom does the boy make a confession?

10. What is the book Ben is currently writing about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Susan Norton. Who is Susan? What is her education level? What is her relationship with her mother like? Why do Susan and her mother fight often through the course of the novel? What is Susan's relationship like with her father? How does this contrast with her relationship with her mother? Who is Susan dating when the novel begins? How does this relationship change through the course of the novel? Why? What does this change say about Susan's character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of these themes in a detailed essay, using examples from the novel:

1) Courage

2) Faith

3) Morality

Essay Topic 3

Discuss exorcism and its relationship to the Catholic Church as a comparison to the vampires who invade Jerusalem's Lot. What is exorcism? What is its purpose? Do demons exist? Do vampires exist? Is it a leap of logic to believe in demons or vampires? Why does Father Callahan believe in vampires? Does Callahan believe in exorcism? Does the Catholic Church continue to believe in demons? Are exorcisms still practiced in the Catholic Church? Why or why not? What does this say about the Church's stand on things such as demons and vampires? Does this take away some of the realism of this novel? Does it add to the realism of this novel?

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