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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many beds are in the room Perkins sleeps in, during the story "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

2. What is Mr. Wraxall's role in the manuscripts?

3. What is written on the paper the narrator finds in "A School Story"?

4. What is the Englishman interested in looking through at S. Bertrand Church?

5. What is Mr. Garrett's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the two men discuss, at the start of "A School Story "?

2. Why does Mr. Somerton's servant summon Mr. Gregory, in "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"? What does Mr. Gregory do for Mr. Somerton ?

3. Describe Parkins, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

4. What does Parkins dream about the night he finds the metal object? What does the maid tell him the next day?

5. How does Dennistoun come across Canon Alberic's Scrapbook?

6. Why does Collins try to warn Mrs. Anstruther not to plant her rose garden in the chosen location?

7. What painting does Mr. Williams think Dennistoun would like, in "The Mezzotint"? What does Dennistoun think of the painting?

8. What do Mrs. Anstruther and Frank see in the rose garden that scares them?

9. Describe the documents Mr. Anderson finds at the end of "Number 13." Where does he find them? What do they reveal? What does he do with them?

10. Why does Parkins get rid of the metal object he finds, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"? How does he get rid of it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Dennistoun. Why does James choose to use this character in another story? What is the benefit of this? What is the significance of Dennistoun not believing in the supernatural?

Essay Topic 2

How does James address the theme of religion in his book? Choose two examples of examples of how religion presents itself and explain how these examples contribute to the theme religion.

Essay Topic 3

How does description play a role in an author's work? How does the author use description to draw the reader into the story? What are some examples where the description does not work?

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