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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. Which of the following is not listed as one of the narrator's favorite authors?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Poe.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Machen.

2. The mill workers were which nationality?
(a) German.
(b) Russian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Romanian.

3. What subject does the man teach?
(a) Music.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) PE.

4. What is the name of the story in which the recurring character appeared?
(a) The Call of Cthulhu.
(b) The Haunter of the Dark.
(c) The Space Eaters.
(d) The Hounds of Tindalos.

5. Which of the following adjectives is not used to describe the teacher?
(a) Sadistic.
(b) Racist.
(c) Sexist.
(d) Reclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character finds an ancient ______ that he believes might be fake.

2. Which of the following is not mentioned as a downfall to a good story?

3. What is the name of the unlikeable teacher?

4. The teacher is forced to read passages from the ______ of Glaaki.

5. The professor laughed when one of the men suggested that the sweller might be which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item has deeply affected Josiah Alwyn? What is Grandfather Alwyn's obsession?

2. Who is Dr. Ambrose Dexter? Why is he important in the story? What does Fiske find when he meets Dexter?

3. What happens when Strutt meets the proprietor of the book shop? What is Strutt's reaction?

4. Who are Phillip and Julian Haughtree? What is their profession? What happens to Julian? What is the cause of Julian's issue? What happens to Julian regarding medical care?

5. Phillip discovers Julian's secret activity. What is the activity? What is Phillip's reaction?

6. Who is the protagonist in "The Salem Horror?" What kind of unusual circumstance does the man face when looking for a place to live and work?

7. What was unusual about Georg Fischer's father? What unusual tragedies have happened to Georg Fischer's family?

8. Why does the quest for Lang and Urquart seem fruitless and hopeless?

9. What happens when Cousin Frank Osborne arrives? Who is the first to disappear? What is determined by Willie?

10. What does Dorgan find when he goes searching for Gardner? What are Gardner's instructions?

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