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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Malice of Inanimate Objects and A Vignette.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the maid respond to Mr. Anderson when he asks about his missing item?
(a) She runs.
(b) She screams.
(c) She looks worried.
(d) She laughs.

2. Where did Mr. Wraxall travel on his last trip?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Russia.

3. What is in the painting that Mr. Williams orders?
(a) His mother.
(b) A boy playing jacks.
(c) A manor house.
(d) A lighthouse.

4. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Anstruther live, in "The Rose Garden"?
(a) Westfield.
(b) Northlake.
(c) Berrytown.
(d) Southland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Somerton ask his friend to do when he arrives at the church?

2. What does Parkins realize is wrong with the figure that appears in his room?

3. What happens to John Haynes' wood carvings after his death?

4. What does the narrator read about John Haynes, at the start of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

5. Where are the two men vacationing in "A Warning to the Curious"?

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