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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 are the names of Cordie's dogs?

2. Who admitted to planting evidence on the executed man?

3. Who will the boys blame for stealing Mr. Grumbacher's truck?

4. According to the book in Chapter 32, what can the Stele of Revealing be destroyed by?

5. What does Kevin see appear at the end of Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens during Father Cavanaugh's visit to Mike's house in Chapter 34?

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

4. Why does Jim go into the woods in Chapter 23? What does Cordie tell Jim when they meet in the woods?

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 after Dale's mother leaves to give Dale's uncle some medicine in Chapter 36?

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

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

9. How do the boys defeat Van Skye?

10. What information does The Book of Law give the boys in Chapter 32?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Simmons's use of violence in the novel "Summer of Night." What are some examples of violence in the novel? How do these examples affect the tone of the scene? Are these examples necessary?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the conflicts in the novel "Summer of Night." Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts affect the plot and the characters? Are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Simmons's use of imagery in the novel. What are some examples of imagery? How do these examples relate to the themes and motifs of the novel?

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