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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. What do Ben and Jimmy fail to tell the police when they come later that night?

2. Who do Mark and Susan run into as soon as they enter the house?

3. What happens to Marjorie Glick's body when the sun goes down?

4. What does Matt plan to have sent to his room at the hospital from the library?

5. Why does Mark Petrie sneak up on Susan in the woods outside the Marsten House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Susan go on her own in Chapter 11? For what purpose?

2. What information does Matt Burke hope to learn from library books he requests be brought to him in the hospital?

3. Where is Susan while Mark is being held prisoner upstairs? Does Mark attempt to rescue her? What happens to Susan?

4. Who sneaks up on Susan in the woods outside the Marsten House? Why is this person there?

5. What happens to Mark and Susan when they enter the Marsten House?

6. With whom does Susan argue in the beginning of Chapter 9? Why?

7. Who comes to visit Matt Burke in Chapter 13?

8. What is in the scrapbook Ben has kept since leaving Jerusalem's Lot?

9. When Marjorie Glick wakes up sick after a specific dream, what symptoms make the reader believe she has been bitten by a vampire?

10. Who does Father Callahan fight at the Petrie home? Why does he lose? What does this fight cause to happen to Father Callahan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Ben Mears? Why has he come to Jerusalem's Lot? What is Ben hoping to achieve by visiting this place? What has happened in Ben's life that has led him back to this childhood home? Does Ben have affectionate memories of this town? Does Ben have bad memories of this town? Discuss how his time in Jerusalem's Lot as a child has affected Ben as an adult. Discuss a recent tragedy in Ben's life and how that might have affected his decision to come to Jerusalem's Lot.

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