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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dunning left home alone at night?
(a) His children are at college.
(b) He likes to be alone.
(c) He is going through a divorce.
(d) His servants are sick.

2. What does Mr. Paxton discover, in "A Warning to the Curious"?
(a) His long lost sibling.
(b) A treasure chest.
(c) The third crown.
(d) His birthright.

3. In "Mr. Humphrey's Inheritance," what does Mr. Humphrey learn is hidden in the globe?
(a) A skeleton.
(b) Ashes.
(c) A map.
(d) A letter.

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

5. Where is the inn that Mr. Thomson stays, in the story "Rats"?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Niece.
(c) Suffolk.
(d) Rome.

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

7. What wood carving comes to life in John Haynes' office when he touches it?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A pig.

8. Who did Mr. Humphrey receive his inheritance from?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

9. Why does Miss Denton become angry at Mr. Denton in "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?
(a) He does not cook her dinner.
(b) He hates her singing.
(c) He teases her.
(d) He forgets to run an errand.

10. Who went to the chapel, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," to take photographs?
(a) A ghost.
(b) The man from the hotel.
(c) Mrs. Porter.
(d) Mr. Davidson.

11. What does Mr. Davidson plan to do while his family is out of town, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?
(a) Travel and work.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Rob a bank.
(d) Go out to eat.

12. Where does Dunning see a mysterious advertisement, in "Castine the Rune"?
(a) A train.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The television.
(d) Google.

13. What happens to Mr. Burton, at the end of "The Malice of Inanimate Objects"?
(a) He makes a lot of money.
(b) He marries his high school sweetheart.
(c) He is found with his throat slit.
(d) He drowns.

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

15. What makes the narrator nervous, in "A Vignette"?
(a) The water.
(b) A dog.
(c) A gate.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What society does the secretary belong to, at the start of "Casting the Runes"?

2. Whose paper did the society deny, in "Casting the Runes"?

3. What is the name of the strange forest, in "A Neighbour's Landmark"?

4. Who killed Squire Francis Bowles?

5. Where does Mr. Denton go, at the start of "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?

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