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

2. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?
(a) Death and the afterlife in different cultures.
(b) Haitian coffee girls.
(c) Metaphor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
(d) Breakthroughs in dental hygiene.

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

4. What is scary about the playhouse door?
(a) It has an evil-looking red door knocker in the shape of an imp.
(b) It is made of old, rusty iron that looks very heavy.
(c) It has blood on it.
(d) It has a pentagram drawn on it.

5. Why has Greta come to see the professor?
(a) She wants to write a book about her life.
(b) She is researching her for a school project.
(c) She suspects that she is the same Susan as from the Narnia books.
(d) She wants to do a profile on her for a newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New Orleans, who does the narrator and another professor meet in a bar?

2. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Raining Blood,' what two options are given to the reader?

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

4. What does the professor not like about Victorian children's literature?

5. Who offers to tell the next story?

(see the answer key)

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