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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. Where does Squire Francis Bowles request to be buried, in "The Experiment"?
(a) A tomb.
(b) An earthen grave.
(c) His house.
(d) A vault.

2. What happened to the first crown, in "A Warning to the Curious"?
(a) It was melted down.
(b) It burst into flames.
(c) It diappeared.
(d) It was stolen.

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

4. Where are the two men vacationing in "A Warning to the Curious"?
(a) Seaburgh.
(b) Paris.
(c) Gramsburg.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," when Mr. Davidson returns to the chapel?

2. What does Mr. Humphrey see in the hole in the paper?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Harrington return to Mr. Karswell, and what happens to Mr. Karswell, at the end of "Casting the Runes"?

2. How does Miss Denton use the diary, in the story "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?

3. In "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral," how did John Haynes' predecessor die?

4. What does Mr. Thomson find in the strange room, in the story "Rats"?

5. What role does the secretary play, in "Casting the Runes"?

6. Describe the hedge maze, in "Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance."

7. Why does Mr. Lake go to the cathedral, and who does he stay with in "An Episode of Cathedral History"? Why is this person important to the tale?

8. What does the old man Mr. Davidson meets tell him about, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

9. Who is Mr. Poschwitz, in the story "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

10. What did the dean find when he remodeled the church, in "An Episode of Cathedral History."

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