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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 Dunning see a mysterious advertisement, in "Castine the Rune"?
(a) A train.
(b) Google.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The television.

2. What do the police suspect killed Mr. Poshwitz?
(a) A woman.
(b) A bear.
(c) Poison.
(d) A snake.

3. What society does the secretary belong to, at the start of "Casting the Runes"?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Secret.

4. In "An Episode of Cathedral History," what did Mr. Worby see as a child?
(a) A fight.
(b) A horse with two heads.
(c) A hairy figure.
(d) His father's murder.

5. What makes the narrator nervous, in "A Vignette"?
(a) His mother.
(b) A dog.
(c) A gate.
(d) The water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Humphrey see in the hole in the paper?

2. Why did it take John Haynes a long time to obtain his job?

3. Why did Mr. Lake go to the cathedral, in "An Episode of Cathedral History"?

4. What happened to the first crown, in "A Warning to the Curious"?

5. Where is John Haynes found dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who reads Mr. Karswell's paper, in "Casting the Runes," and what happens to this person?

2. What did the dean find when he remodeled the church, in "An Episode of Cathedral History."

3. What passage does Mr. Humphreys find that describes the maze?

4. Why does Squire Francis Bowles want to be buried in an earthy grave?

5. In the story "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks into the garden?

6. What does the old man Mr. Davidson meets tell him about, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

7. Describe the hedge maze, in "Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance."

8. What happens when Mr. Davidson returns to the church on St. Mark's day?

9. What role does the secretary play, in "Casting the Runes"?

10. What is unusual about Betton Woods?

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