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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mr. Davidson meet on his walk home, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old friend.
(c) An old man.
(d) His niece.

2. Where does Mr. Denton go, at the start of "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?
(a) A school.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A museum.
(d) A hospital.

3. What is actually in the strange room Mr. Thomson goes into?
(a) A skeleton.
(b) A leg.
(c) A spellbook.
(d) A child.

4. Who is Lady Ivy?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A queen.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A maid.

5. In "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," what does Mr. Davidson think of the man he meets at the hotel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Evil.
(d) Silly.

6. In "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks through the hole in the fence?
(a) A bear.
(b) A elf.
(c) A murder.
(d) A face.

7. What society does the secretary belong to, at the start of "Casting the Runes"?
(a) Biology.
(b) Secret.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Alchemy.

8. Whose paper did the society deny, in "Casting the Runes"?
(a) Mr. Joel.
(b) Mr. Karswell.
(c) Mrs. Franga.
(d) Mrs. Steed.

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

10. What does Mr. Cooper plan to show his wife, in "Mr. Humphrey's Inheritance"?
(a) The antique doll.
(b) The book.
(c) The maze.
(d) The robe.

11. What did the dean discover, in the story "An Episode of Cathedral History"?
(a) A new bible.
(b) A tomb.
(c) An old cross.
(d) A murder.

12. What does Mr. Cooper try to find a key to?
(a) The suitcase.
(b) The gate.
(c) The car.
(d) The house.

13. Who is Mr. Worby,in the story "An Episode of Cathedral History"?
(a) The priest.
(b) A king.
(c) The caretaker.
(d) A cop.

14. In "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," what covers the human figure that appears to Mr. Denton?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wool.
(c) Hair.
(d) Mud.

15. What is the most prominent feature of Mr. Humphrey's inheritance?
(a) The length of the yacht.
(b) The mazes.
(c) The poetic passages.
(d) The rimmed wheels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator nervous, in "A Vignette"?

2. Where do Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Cooper's wife almost get lost?

3. What falls on Mr. Karswell that kills him?

4. What does Mr. Paxton discover, in "A Warning to the Curious"?

5. Where does Mr. Humphrey find a pedestal with a globe on it?

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