View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Diseasemaker's Croup, and In The End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Harlequin find himself at the end of the story?
(a) Working in the cafe.
(b) At home in bed.
(c) On a cold lonely moor.
(d) On a beach.

2. What is scary about the playhouse door?
(a) It is made of old, rusty iron that looks very heavy.
(b) It has blood on it.
(c) It has a pentagram drawn on it.
(d) It has an evil-looking red door knocker in the shape of an imp.

3. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?
(a) Paul (an actor), Martyn (a gaming magazine editor), and an unnamed old man.
(b) Neil (a writer), Martyn (a drunk), and Daniel (who never told them his profession).
(c) Sam (a drunk), Martyn (a plastic surgeon), and Ollie (a mechanic).
(d) Paul (a police inspector), Robert (a writer), and an unnamed old man.

4. What does the third stage of the disease affect?
(a) Strength.
(b) Physicality.
(c) The lungs.
(d) Speech and thought.

5. What happens when the three older boys go inside?
(a) The door shuts behind them and they do not come out.
(b) The narrator runs away and never looks back.
(c) The playhouse disappears, taking them with it.
(d) There is the sound of an evil laugh on the wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the man and woman called?

2. What disguise does Harlequin take in order to speak to Missy?

3. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?

4. What does Missy order at the cafe?

5. What does Missy do next?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample