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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. There are several carvings in John Haynes' office made from a tree. What is significant about the tree?
(a) It was from his backyard.
(b) People were hung from it.
(c) A man hit it with his car.
(d) He used to climb it.

2. What does the narrator claim happened to him, at the end of "A Vignette"?
(a) He dies.
(b) He went blind.
(c) He is haunted for the rest of his life.
(d) He passed out.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man when "A Neighbour's Landmark" begins?

2. Why was John Harrington murdered, in "Casting the Runes"?

3. Who went to the chapel, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," to take photographs?

4. Who does Mr. Davidson meet on his walk home, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

5. What does Mr. Cooper try to find a key to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Lady Ivy and what does she want?

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

4. In "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," what does Mrs. Porter says is wrong at the church?

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

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

7. What is in the sphere at the end of "Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance," and what does Mr. Humphreys decide it means?

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

9. What passage does Mr. Humphreys find that describes the maze?

10. Who is Mr. Denton haunted by in "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," and what does he learn about that person?

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