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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. What does Parkins do with the whistle, at the end of "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Gives it to the maid.
(c) Keeps it.
(d) Throws it in the ocean.

2. Why did Mr. Lake go to the cathedral, in "An Episode of Cathedral History"?
(a) To pray.
(b) To work.
(c) To study records.
(d) To meet the priest.

3. What is Mr. Anderson researching in Denmark?
(a) A museum.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A church.
(d) A jail.

4. What happens to Mr. Paxton, at the end of "A Warning to the Curious"?
(a) He wins the lottery.
(b) He dies.
(c) He becomes famous.
(d) He is exiled.

5. What does Mr. Garrett claim the eyes of the man in the library are covered with, in "The Tractate Middoth"?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Gold.
(c) Paint.
(d) Cobwebs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What markings are on John Haynes' face when they find him dead?

2. What is actually in the strange room Mr. Thomson goes into?

3. Who killed Squire Francis Bowles?

4. What happens to Mr. Burton, at the end of "The Malice of Inanimate Objects"?

5. What language does school master Sampson try to teach the boys in "A School Story"?

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