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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problem of Susan, and Instructions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the three older boys go inside?
(a) There is the sound of an evil laugh on the wind.
(b) The door shuts behind them and they do not come out.
(c) The playhouse disappears, taking them with it.
(d) The narrator runs away and never looks back.

2. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?
(a) His teacher names him Runt after a character from a book who was small and weak.
(b) His parents name him Runt, because he is their least favorite child.
(c) His brothers name him Runt, because he is younger, smaller and weaker than them.
(d) He names himself Runt, to show that he doesn't care what others say about him.

3. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?
(a) A friendly looking farmhouse with lights on inside.
(b) A creepy-looking abandoned farmhouse.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A police station.

4. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a famous actor.
(b) As a professor.
(c) As a nobody.
(d) As a zombie.

5. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to the gym.
(b) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(c) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(d) Going to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?

2. What do the two of them do?

3. In Greta's dream, what does Aslan do to Susan and Lucy?

4. In 'Strange Little Girls' what does the policewoman in 'Monday's Child' find at the school?

5. What has next door's cat left on the professor's doormat?

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