Portals, plans, sacrifices, and showdowns: this quiz focuses on the big plot turns that drive Stranger Things forward.
At the end of season 1, what appears to happen to Eleven after she defeats the Demogorgon in the school?
She is immediately taken into custody by Dr. Owens
She vanishes after using her powers and is presumed gone
She is captured by the police
She leaves Hawkins with Hopper and Joyce
In season 2, what is the main plan to free Will from the Mind Flayer’s control?
Use Eleven’s powers to erase his memories
Give him a drug that blocks all dreams
Overheat his body to force the creature out
Send him back into the Upside Down willingly
What does Eleven do at the end of season 2 to cut off the Mind Flayer’s access to Hawkins?
She traps the Mind Flayer in a cage
She closes the main gate at Hawkins Lab
She destroys the Creel House
She collapses Starcourt Mall
In season 3, who turns off the gate opening machine in the Russian base under Starcourt Mall, causing the deadly explosion?
Joyce Byers
Jim Hopper
Murray Bauman
Steve Harrington
Where is Hopper revealed to be alive at the beginning of season 4?
Hidden in a secret bunker near Hawkins
Trapped in the Upside Down under Hawkins
Living under a new identity in California
In a Russian prison camp in Kamchatka
In season 4, how do gates to the Upside Down begin opening around Hawkins?
Each of Vecna’s kills tears open a new gate at the murder site
The Mind Flayer opens them randomly on its own
The Russians turn their machine on again
Hawkins Lab restarts its experiments
What do the Hawkins teens use as their main base of operations while investigating Vecna in season 4?
Eddie Munson’s uncle’s trailer and later the Wheeler house
Murray Bauman’s bunker
The high school gym
The Byers’ old house only
What is the overall goal of the group’s multi phase plan against Vecna in the season 4 finale?
Distract Vecna’s forces and attack his physical body in the Creel House
Force the Mind Flayer to attack Vecna instead
Seal all gates at once using a government device
Lure Vecna into Starcourt Mall and trap him
What is the immediate consequence in Hawkins after Vecna’s plan succeeds in creating a massive tear between worlds?
Earthquakes strike and huge fissures open through the town
Time in Hawkins stops completely
Everyone in Hawkins falls into a deep sleep
The town loses all electricity permanently
By the end of season 4, what do Eleven and the others see when they look toward the fields outside Hawkins?
The Mind Flayer defeated and fading away
Dark clouds and red lightning from the Upside Down bleeding into their world
A normal blue sky with no signs of danger
A giant portal closing forever
Starter
You remember some major twists, but a few plot details beyond the gate are still hazy.
Solid
Nice job. You tracked many key plotlines, from closed gates to surprise returns.
Expert!
You can follow Stranger Things plot threads like a seasoned detective, connecting every gate, plan, and sacrifice.
The story of Stranger Things keeps expanding as new gates open and close. Tracing how each plan affects the next season makes the arc from season 1 to season 4 feel tightly connected. Stranger Things Quizzes
