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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Wraxall speaks to the count's tomb?
(a) The lid rises.
(b) He faints.
(c) He understands the secret of life.
(d) Nothing.

2. What happened to the artist after he had finished the painting?
(a) He became famous.
(b) He married his sister.
(c) He died.
(d) He cut off his ear.

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

4. What happens when Mr. Somerton grabs the bag of treasure?
(a) He feels someone grab him.
(b) The bag turns into a bunch of snakes.
(c) He begins to dance.
(d) He dies.

5. What do the boys see the night before school master Sampson disappears?
(a) A gold dove.
(b) A witch.
(c) Someone sneaking into his room.
(d) A tornado.

6. What does Mr. Somerton forget to replace when he leaves the Abbot's treasure?
(a) A lock.
(b) A stone.
(c) A key.
(d) A door.

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

8. Whose scrapbook does the caretaker, in "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," show the Englishman?
(a) Canon Alberic de Mauleon.
(b) Canon Alberic de Sade.
(c) Canon Alberic Frank.
(d) Canon Alberic Maveric.

9. Where does Mr. Garrett meet Mary Simpson?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A lodging house.
(d) A pool.

10. What type of writing does the Englishman see in the Canon Alberic's scrapbook?
(a) Invisible ink.
(b) Messy.
(c) Strange.
(d) Hieroglyphics.

11. Who tells Parkins he saw someone in his hotel window?
(a) His friend.
(b) The maid.
(c) A girl.
(d) A boy.

12. Why does Mr. Anderson invite the landlord to his room?
(a) To pay his bill.
(b) To prove room 13 exists.
(c) For a nightcap.
(d) To lend him a book.

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

14. How much does the Englishman pay the caretaker for the Canon Alberic's scrapbook?
(a) A high price.
(b) 200 dollars.
(c) A cheap price.
(d) 1,000 euros.

15. What happens Mr. Wraxall after speaking to the tomb?
(a) He cries.
(b) He loses his luggage.
(c) He sees two men.
(d) His flights are delayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Englishman's friends not interested in studying in "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook"?

2. What pilgrimage did Magnus De la Gardie go on?

3. What does Abbot Thomas's treasure consist of?

4. In "A School Story," what happens to the writing on the paper the narrator finds?

5. Where is the hotel in "Number 13" located?

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