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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. What happens, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," when Mr. Davidson returns to the chapel?
(a) The chapel burned to the ground.
(b) Mrs. Porter is dead.
(c) The chapel is gone.
(d) The prayer books are replaced.

2. How was John Haynes predecessor killed?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Fell on the stairs.
(c) Stabbed.
(d) Shingles.

3. Who does Mr. Davidson meet on his walk home, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) His niece.
(d) An old friend.

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

5. What does Miss Denton decide to make curtains from, in "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?
(a) After the sunset.
(b) A pattern in the diary.
(c) Wool.
(d) Bamboo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," what does Mr. Burton put his cane through?

2. What did the dean discover, in the story "An Episode of Cathedral History"?

3. What wood carving comes to life in John Haynes' office when he touches it?

4. What happens to Mr. Burton, at the end of "The Malice of Inanimate Objects"?

5. Where is the inn that Mr. Thomson stays, in the story "Rats"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Mr. Davidson returns to the church on St. Mark's day?

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

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

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

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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