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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. Where does Mike decide to sleep in Chapter 35?
(a) At the Cooke house.
(b) At the McBride farm.
(c) In his grandmother's room.
(d) At the Stewarts'.

2. What does Mike glimpse in the back of the rendering truck in Chapter 33?
(a) Mounds of slime.
(b) Human remains.
(c) A stockpile of weapons.
(d) Giant insects.

3. What does Cordie Cooke tell Jim in Chapter 23?
(a) That Mrs. Duggan is living at her house.
(b) That her mother has gone crazy.
(c) That Duane is still alive.
(d) That her brother has returned from the dead.

4. What has Lawrence been tied to in Chapter 39?
(a) A staircase.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A desk.
(d) A chair.

5. Where does Wink usually sleep?
(a) Under the town grandstand.
(b) Outside the library.
(c) At the Cave.
(d) In the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim retrieve from the closet in Chapter 23?

2. Where do the boys go after freeing Lawrence in Chapter 41?

3. What are the names of Cordie's dogs?

4. What did Mr. Ashley Jr. do after his father's death?

5. How are Dale and Jim able to resist their attackers in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys go about accelerating their plan in Chapter 37?

2. Describe Mike's encounter with Father Cavenaugh in Chapter 40.

3. What evidence was planted on the man accused of the little girl's murder in 1900, and who planted it there?

4. How does Dale become inspired to be a writer?

5. Who did Mr. Ashley-Montague Sr. and Jr. arrange to have arrested for the disappearances and murders of children around 1900? What punishment did this person receive?

6. What happens to the boys while in the belfry?

7. What does Mike discover when he goes to visit Mrs. Moon in Chapter 26?

8. What does Mike find out about the soldier from his grandmother?

9. How do the boys prepare themselves for the dangerous beings in Chapter 35?

10. What does Dale take from Mr. Ashley-Montague's shelf in Chapter 28?

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