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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. Who killed Squire Francis Bowles?
(a) His friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife and son.
(d) A stranger.

2. Who went to the chapel, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," to take photographs?
(a) The man from the hotel.
(b) Mr. Davidson.
(c) Mrs. Porter.
(d) A ghost.

3. Where did John Haynes work?
(a) Gone Again plumbing
(b) Georgetown High School.
(c) New Hope Parish.
(d) Barchester Cathedral.

4. Who is Lady Ivy?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A maid.
(d) A queen.

5. What does the narrator read about John Haynes, at the start of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?
(a) Sports statistics.
(b) A short story.
(c) An obituary.
(d) A news report.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator claim happened to him, at the end of "A Vignette"?

3. What does Mr. Davidson discover about Mr. Poshwitz, at the end of "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

4. What does Mr. Cooper plan to show his wife, in "Mr. Humphrey's Inheritance"?

5. What is actually in the strange room Mr. Thomson goes into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who reads Mr. Karswell's paper, in "Casting the Runes," and what happens to this person?

2. What is odd about the wood carvings in John Haynes room, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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