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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 does John Haynes do for a living?
(a) Archetect.
(b) Archdeacon.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Pope.

2. What does Mr. Denton initially think about Mr. Poynter's diaries?
(a) Intriguing.
(b) Boring.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Sad.

3. In "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks through the hole in the fence?
(a) A face.
(b) A murder.
(c) A elf.
(d) A bear.

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

5. Who is Mr. Cooper, in the story "Mr. Humphrey's Inheritance"?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A neighbor of his uncle's.
(d) A neighbor of his mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dunning find under his pillow?

2. Where does Mr. Denton go, at the start of "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?

3. How was John Haynes predecessor killed?

4. Who did Mr. Humphrey receive his inheritance from?

5. In "Casting the Runes," what covers the sheet of paper Dunning's receives?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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