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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dunning slip the sheet of paper into that belongs to Mr. Karswell?
(a) A ticket case.
(b) An envelope.
(c) His briefcase.
(d) His pocket.

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

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

4. What does Dunning find under his pillow?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) A letter.
(c) A gold coin.
(d) A dead animal.

5. In "The Diary of Mr. Poynter, " what was the dead man's coffin filled with?
(a) Mud.
(b) Hair.
(c) Gold.
(d) Wool.

6. What does the narrator claim happened to him, at the end of "A Vignette"?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is haunted for the rest of his life.
(c) He passed out.
(d) He went blind.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What falls on Mr. Karswell that kills him?
(a) A man.
(b) A statue.
(c) A stone.
(d) A piano.

11. Where does Mr. Humphrey find a pedestal with a globe on it?
(a) The attic.
(b) The dock.
(c) The trunk.
(d) The center of the maze.

12. What strange events occur in the forest, in "A Neighbour's Landmark"?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Shrieks.
(c) Sudden fires.
(d) Murders.

13. Who killed Squire Francis Bowles?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife and son.
(c) A stranger.
(d) His friend.

14. What is Mr. Humphrey's inheritance?
(a) An estate.
(b) A book.
(c) A car.
(d) A yacht.

15. What is uncommon about the prayer books, in the story "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?
(a) The burn.
(b) They sing.
(c) They bleed.
(d) They are all open to the same page.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the stone Mr. Thomson finds in the road?

2. In "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks through the hole in the fence?

3. Who did Mr. Humphrey receive his inheritance from?

4. What is Mrs. Porter's job at the chapel?

5. In "The Diary of Mr. Poynter", what is the man found dead without?

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