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Quiz about Stephen Kings Salems Lot
Quiz about Stephen Kings Salems Lot

Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' Trivia Quiz


This quiz is about the plot and characters of 'Salem's Lot'.

A multiple-choice quiz by DillPickle. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
DillPickle
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
53,815
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
12 / 20
Plays
3615
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 109 (17/20), Guest 209 (3/20), Guest 213 (17/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. What animal was Jerusalem's Lot named after? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. Where is Jerusalem's Lot located? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Who was the first child to disappear? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. What happened to the first child to disappear? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. What were the names of the two men who opened an antique store in Jerusalem's Lot? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. How did the vampire get to Jerusalem's Lot? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. What was the name of the dog that was killed and hung on the cemetery fence?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 8 of 20
8. What was the name of the cemetery where the dog was hung?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 9 of 20
9. Who was the first person in the Lot to become a vampire? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. What was the name of the bar that some of the male residents of 'Salem's Lot frequented? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. Whom did Matthew Burke invite to his home for an overnight stay? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Matthew Burke's overnight guest dropped something on the way out of Matt's house. What was it? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What character in the book was bitten by a vampire, yet didn't become a vampire himself? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. Who and what was Parkins Gillespie; in his own words "a plain old ______"?

Answer: (One Word-This can be answered with one word)
Question 15 of 20
15. When Ben and Mark left 'Salem's Lot, they traveled until they finally settled in a place called Los Zapatos. What does 'Los Zapatos' mean?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 16 of 20
16. What two characters initially went on their own to find Barlow? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. Why was Barlow able to take a cross from Father Callahan and destroy it? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Who was the girl that Ben fell in love with? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. What was Ben doing while Jimmy and Mark were looking for vampires? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Why did Ben and Mark come back to 'Salem's Lot at the end of the book? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 109: 17/20
Mar 04 2024 : Guest 209: 3/20
Feb 29 2024 : Guest 213: 17/20
Feb 28 2024 : Guest 146: 20/20
Feb 22 2024 : Guest 24: 20/20
Feb 19 2024 : Guest 24: 18/20
Feb 16 2024 : Guest 165: 14/20
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Feb 11 2024 : Guest 96: 8/20

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What animal was Jerusalem's Lot named after?

Answer: Sow

Charles Tanner, a local farmer, owned a sow named Jerusalem. He was always warning the children to 'keep out of Jerusalem's wood lot.'
2. Where is Jerusalem's Lot located?

Answer: Maine

Jerusalem's Lot, like Castle Rock, is a fictional town in Maine.
3. Who was the first child to disappear?

Answer: Ralphie Glick

Ralphie Glick, Danny's younger brother, disappeared without a trace while they were walking by Taggert stream on the way to Mark Petrie's house.
4. What happened to the first child to disappear?

Answer: sacrificed

Ralphie Glick was kidnapped by Straker and sacrificed to the dark master.
5. What were the names of the two men who opened an antique store in Jerusalem's Lot?

Answer: Richard Straker and Kurt Barlow

The full names of the men were Richard Throckett Straker and Kurt Barlow.
6. How did the vampire get to Jerusalem's Lot?

Answer: A shipping crate

Barlow and his coffin were brought into 'Salem's Lot in a shipping crate, marked 'sideboard.'
7. What was the name of the dog that was killed and hung on the cemetery fence?

Answer: Doc

Doc belonged to Win Purinton.
8. What was the name of the cemetery where the dog was hung?

Answer: Harmony Hill

Harmony Hill was also where Mike Ryerson was first bitten by Danny Glick, while he was burying him.
9. Who was the first person in the Lot to become a vampire?

Answer: Danny Glick

Ralphie Glick was sacrificed so Danny Glick was the first to be bled and turned into a vampire.
10. What was the name of the bar that some of the male residents of 'Salem's Lot frequented?

Answer: Dell's

Dell's was owned and operated by Delbert Markey.
11. Whom did Matthew Burke invite to his home for an overnight stay?

Answer: Mike Ryerson

Matt Burke ran into Mike Ryerson at Del's and he seemed so ill that Matt took him home with him in hopes of caring for him.
12. Matthew Burke's overnight guest dropped something on the way out of Matt's house. What was it?

Answer: A class ring

Mike Ryerson dropped his class ring. Susan Norton found it later and accepted it as evidence that Matt Burke's story could be real.
13. What character in the book was bitten by a vampire, yet didn't become a vampire himself?

Answer: Jimmy Cody

Jimmy Cody was bitten by Marjorie Glick when she raised from the dead at the mortuary. He disinfected the wound and gave himself a tetanus shot. He never became a vampire. Jimmy was later killed when he fell onto knives in the basement of Eva Miller's boarding house.
14. Who and what was Parkins Gillespie; in his own words "a plain old ______"?

Answer: Constable

He was not a sheriff, a policeman, or an inspector. As he said in his own words, he was a 'plain old constable'.
15. When Ben and Mark left 'Salem's Lot, they traveled until they finally settled in a place called Los Zapatos. What does 'Los Zapatos' mean?

Answer: The Shoes

Ben Mears, as a writer, was very pleased to be living in a place whose name means 'the shoes.'
16. What two characters initially went on their own to find Barlow?

Answer: Mark and Susan

Mark and Susan ran into each other outside the Marsten House and decided to go in together to find and kill Barlow.
17. Why was Barlow able to take a cross from Father Callahan and destroy it?

Answer: Callahan's faith was weak

Callahan was weak in his faith so the cross was useless to him.
18. Who was the girl that Ben fell in love with?

Answer: Susan Norton

Ben met Susan in the park and he fell for her almost immediately.
19. What was Ben doing while Jimmy and Mark were looking for vampires?

Answer: Using a lathe to make wooden stakes

Ben stayed behind at Mark's house and used a lathe to make wooden stakes while Jimmy and Mark looked for vampires and marked the houses where they found them.
20. Why did Ben and Mark come back to 'Salem's Lot at the end of the book?

Answer: To burn down the town

While Ben and Mark were on the road, Ben kept in touch with happenings in the Lot by reading local papers. When they realized there were still strange things happening, they decided the burn the town and then hunt down all the vampires in hopes of destroying them all.
Source: Author DillPickle

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