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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 does Ben Mears meet in the park in Chapter 2?

2. Where do Matt and Ben find this missing person?

3. Who becomes frightened while walking through the woods in Chapter 3?

4. What does Ben tell Matt not to tell when he calls for help regarding the dead man in his guest bedroom?

5. Who asks a friend in the FBI to investigate the backgrounds of Ben Mears, Straker, and Barlow in the aftermath of the search for the missing boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Matt run into at Dell's on Thursday night?

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

3. What do Ben and Susan discuss is still living in the Marsten House?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who sold the Marsten House to Straker and Barstow? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is evil? Does evil exist? What makes the Marsten House evil? Is the Marsten House evil before Hubert Marsten kills his wife? Why or why not? Did Hubert Marsten kill the four missing children who disappeared before his death? If so, how? If so, why? Why did Marsten kill his wife? Why did Marsten kill himself? Did these deaths cause evil to remain in Marsten House? Did Barlow have something to do with these deaths? Is this the reason Barlow chose the Marsten House for himself to live in?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Father Callahan. What causes Father Callahan to drink to excess? Is Father Callahan unhappy in his profession? Explain. What does Father Callahan wish he could do rather than what he is doing? Does Father Callahan get this chance? How does he do? Why does Father Callahan believe Matt when he tells him about the vampires? Would one assume a priest would believe such a story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jerusalem's Lot. What is this town like in the beginning of the novel? Compare and contrast Jerusalem's Lot to other towns in the country, or to your hometown. How is Jerusalem's Lot like any other American city? How is it different? What changes in Jerusalem's Lot over the course of the novel? What made Jerusalem's Lot vulnerable to this change? Is Jerusalem's Lot unique in this vulnerability? Could something like this happen in your hometown? Why or why not?

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