Casting the Runes, and Other Ghost Stories Test | Final Test - Medium

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Casting the Runes, and Other Ghost Stories Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Whose paper did the society deny, in "Casting the Runes"?
(a) Mrs. Steed.
(b) Mr. Joel.
(c) Mr. Karswell.
(d) Mrs. Franga.

2. Where do Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Cooper's wife almost get lost?
(a) At sea.
(b) The house.
(c) The maze.
(d) The mall.

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

4. In "An Episode of Cathedral History," what did Mr. Worby see as a child?
(a) A fight.
(b) A horse with two heads.
(c) His father's murder.
(d) A hairy figure.

5. In what month will a person die if he or she touches the carvings, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Thomson think he sees in the strange room, in "Rats"?

2. What happens to the man, in "A Neighbour's Landmark," when he enters the forest?

3. In "A Warning to the Curious," who does Mr. Paxton claim is following him?

4. Why did Mr. Lake go to the cathedral, in "An Episode of Cathedral History"?

5. Why is Dunning left home alone at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the legend of the three crowns?

6. What does the narrator learn about the wood carvings, at the end of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

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

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

9. In the story "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks into the garden?

10. Who is John Haynes, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

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