1. What does the boy in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' see that frightens him so much?
(a) A gypsy woman with an unpleasant smile.
(b) A vision of the future in which he is dead.
(c) A strange shadow that looks like a huge black dog.
(d) The ghost of his friend, who died a month ago.

2. What is the first story about?
(a) A little boy who is dared by some other boys to knock on the door of a strange playhouse. The playhouse traps the other boys and they are never seen again.
(b) A woman who falls in love with a man at an airport by looking at the x-ray of his luggage.
(c) A chef who changes a customer's order to suit the wine, but the customer ends up having an allergy to the food.
(d) A boy who plays a cello very badly, and one day manages to inexplicably play fantastic music on it, but breaks it the next day and can never play it properly again.

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

4. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?
(a) He is very messy and is visited at all hours by strange people.
(b) He snores and uses the mantelpiece for target practice.
(c) He is very messy and likes to practice firing his gun at night.
(d) He snores and tests poisons on the dog.

5. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?
(a) The butler.
(b) His older brother.
(c) A raven.
(d) Amelia.