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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Parkins find at the job site, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) A feather.
(c) Gold.
(d) A metal object.

2. Where are the two men sitting and chatting in "A School Story"?
(a) A barber shop.
(b) A park.
(c) A smoking room.
(d) A school house.

3. What does Mr. Somerton look at to find clues to the location of the Abbot's treasure?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Church windows.
(c) The sky.
(d) Church floors.

4. In "The Mezzotint," what does Mr. Williams realize the painting is doing?
(a) Changing.
(b) Fading.
(c) Decaying.
(d) Portraying the last supper.

5. How does Mr. Somerton learn of Abbot Thomas's treasure?
(a) A book.
(b) His Aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) A friend.

6. What does Dennistoun decide not to publish in "The Mezzotint"?
(a) His experience looking at art.
(b) Photos of David Beckham.
(c) His experiences with the occult.
(d) His first novel.

7. What room number does Mr. Anderson choose in "Number 13"?
(a) 2.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

8. What does the lawyer's singing in room 14 sound like?
(a) A pig squealing.
(b) A cat howling.
(c) An opera singer.
(d) A music box.

9. What does the landlord tell Mr. Wraxall that men saw in the woods during the time of the count?
(a) A robbery.
(b) Something supernatural.
(c) An elf.
(d) A unicorn.

10. What does Mr. Somerton ask his friend to do when he arrives at the church?
(a) Put something back for him.
(b) Take over his business.
(c) Notify his next of kin.
(d) Raise his child.

11. What appears in the Englishman's room after he buys Canon Alberic's scrapbook?
(a) A horse.
(b) A priest.
(c) A child.
(d) A demon.

12. What does Mr. Williams decide to locate in "The Mezzotint"?
(a) The manor house.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) The boy.
(d) His mother.

13. What is the name of the man that comes looking for the the Tractate Middoth?
(a) Max Smith.
(b) John Eldred.
(c) Henry James.
(d) John Frank.

14. What does Parkins discover on the whistle he found?
(a) A string.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Writing.
(d) Germs.

15. What is the Englishman interested in looking through at S. Bertrand Church?
(a) Manuscripts.
(b) Fabric swatches.
(c) Photos.
(d) Bibles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary Simpson's uncle used to wear?

2. Whom does Mr. Somerton's servant write to, in "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"?

3. What does Mr. Somerton forget to replace when he leaves the Abbot's treasure?

4. In "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas," why does Mr. Somerton's servant write a letter?

5. What is the Tractate Middoth?

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