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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. In "A Warning to the Curious," what is the purpose of the three crowns?
(a) To protect the country.
(b) To bring wealth.
(c) To extend life.
(d) To have a happy marriage.

2. What does Mr. Denton initially think about Mr. Poynter's diaries?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Boring.
(c) Intriguing.
(d) Sad.

3. In "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," what does Mr. Burton put his cane through?
(a) A kite.
(b) A quiche.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A window.

4. What does the narrator ask the reader to think about, in "A Vignette"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A play.
(d) A garden.

5. In "Casting the Runes," what covers the sheet of paper Dunning's receives?
(a) Runes.
(b) Hearts.
(c) Latin.
(d) Lipstick prints.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Episode of Cathedral History," what did the last dean do, according to Mr. Worby?

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

3. Why is Dunning left home alone at night?

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

5. What happens to Mr. Paxton, at the end of "A Warning to the Curious"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Karswell, one of the main characters in "Casting the Runes," a vicious man?

2. Who is Paxton, in the story "A Warning to the Curious," and what happens to him?

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

4. What inheritance does Mr. Humphreys receive from his uncle?

5. Why does Squire Francis Bowles want to be buried in an earthy grave?

6. 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?

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

8. In "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," how do the objects attack the men in the story?

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

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

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