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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 is uncommon about the prayer books, in the story "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?
(a) They bleed.
(b) They sing.
(c) They are all open to the same page.
(d) The burn.

2. What falls on Mr. Karswell that kills him?
(a) A man.
(b) A piano.
(c) A statue.
(d) A stone.

3. In "The Diary of Mr. Poynter", what is the man found dead without?
(a) Hair.
(b) Shoes.
(c) His watch.
(d) His wool coat.

4. In "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," what does Mr. Davidson think of the man he meets at the hotel?
(a) Silly.
(b) Evil.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

5. What do the police suspect killed Mr. Poshwitz?
(a) A snake.
(b) Poison.
(c) A bear.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to John Haynes' wood carvings after his death?

3. What makes the narrator nervous, in "A Vignette"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Mr. Poschwitz, in the story "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

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

9. What did the dean find when he remodeled the church, in "An Episode of Cathedral History."

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

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