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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.

Author
DillPickle

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,815

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
3652

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (0/20), Guest 76 (20/20), Guest 149 (11/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What animal was Jerusalem's Lot named after? Hint

Cow

Vampire

Wolf

Sow

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Question 2 of 20

2. Where is Jerusalem's Lot located? Hint

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

Colorado

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who was the first child to disappear? Hint

Danny Glick

Richie Boddin

Ruthie Crockett

Ralphie Glick

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Question 4 of 20

4. What happened to the first child to disappear? Hint

sacrificed

found later in town

became a vampire

raped and strangled

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Question 5 of 20

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

Richard Straker and Mark Petrie

Mark Petrie and Richard Barlow

Richard Straker and Kurt Barlow

Kurt Barlow and Dud Rogers

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Question 6 of 20

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

A shipping crate

He drove at night

He flew as a bat

As a wolf

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Question 7 of 20

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

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 20

8. What was the name of the cemetery where the dog was hung?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who was the first person in the Lot to become a vampire? Hint

Mike Ryerson

Marjorie Glick

Ralphie Glick

Danny Glick

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Question 10 of 20

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

Dell's

Armstrong's

The Mellow Tiger

Kelsey's

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Question 11 of 20

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

Mike Ryerson

Royal Snow

Ben Mears

Floyd Tibbits

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Question 12 of 20

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

A cross necklace

Drops of blood

A class ring

His jacket

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Question 13 of 20

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

Corey Bryant

Ben Mears

Jimmy Cody

Matt Burke

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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)

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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)

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Question 16 of 20

16. What two characters initially went on their own to find Barlow? Hint

Jimmy and Ben

Ben and Mark

Ben and Matt

Mark and Susan

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Question 17 of 20

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

Barlow hypnotized him

Callahan's faith was weak

Callahan gave it willingly so he could live forever

God let Callahan down

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Question 18 of 20

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

Eva Norton

Susan Norton

Susan Miller

Ruthie Crockett

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Question 19 of 20

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

Looking for Barlow

Using a lathe to make wooden stakes

Trying to find Susan

Burying Mark's parents

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Question 20 of 20

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

To burn down the town

To bury all their dead friends

To look for Barlow again

To find Father Callahan

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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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