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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the landlord tell Mr. Anderson there is no room 13?
(a) People like even numbered rooms.
(b) It burned down.
(c) People are superstitious.
(d) The architect made an error.

2. What letters are carved into school master Sampson's coin?
(a) Z.T.S.
(b) G.W.S.
(c) I.D.K
(d) G.T.B.

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

4. What is Mr. Wraxall's role in the manuscripts?
(a) He burns them.
(b) He buys them.
(c) He sells them.
(d) He writes them.

5. What does Parkins not believe in?
(a) Religion.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Love at first sight.
(d) The supernatural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parkins find at the job site, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"?

2. Who tells Parkins he saw someone in his hotel window?

3. Where does Mr. Williams lock the painting?

4. What does the maid tell Parkins the night after he blew the whistle?

5. What happens Mr. Wraxall after speaking to the tomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mrs. Anstruther and Frank see in the rose garden that scares them?

2. What does Mr. Wraxall learn about Count Magnus?

3. Whom does Mr. Garrett meet at the lodging house that helps him solve the mystery of the Tractate Middoth? How does this person help?

4. What happens to John Eldred, at the end of "The Tractate Middoth"? What happens to Mr. Garrett?

5. What happens when Mr. Somerton finds Abbot Thomas' treasure? How does he fix what happens?

6. What does Dennistoun learn about the house in the painting, in "The Mezzotint"?

7. Describe how the painting changes, in "The Mezzotint"?

8. What is Abbot Thomas's treasure? Where is it located?

9. How does Dennistoun arrive at S. Bertrand, and why does he want to go to the church?

10. Who is Master Sampson, and what does he carry with him?

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