1. What is the first story about?
(a) A little boy who is dared by some other boys to knock on the door of a strange playhouse. The playhouse traps the other boys and they are never seen again.
(b) A chef who changes a customer's order to suit the wine, but the customer ends up having an allergy to the food.
(c) A boy who plays a cello very badly, and one day manages to inexplicably play fantastic music on it, but breaks it the next day and can never play it properly again.
(d) A woman who falls in love with a man at an airport by looking at the x-ray of his luggage.

2. What does the narrator do the next day?
(a) He goes in search of the woman from the bar.
(b) He leaves New Orleans as quickly as he can.
(c) He digs up a grave in the graveyard and finds the body of his friend.
(d) He presents the professor's paper.

3. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a professor.
(b) As a famous actor.
(c) As a nobody.
(d) As a zombie.

4. Why does Runt think he will be ok when he runs away from home?
(a) He knows it will not be long before he is found and brought home, but wants to make a point.
(b) He thinks the police will protect him if anyone tries to hurt him.
(c) He has read fairy stories and knows that there are good people as well as monsters out there.
(d) He plans to go find distant relatives and stay with them.

5. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?
(a) To return to his family, who he knows will miss him if he stays with Dearly.
(b) To go into the farmhouse, so he can stay with Dearly forever as a ghost.
(c) To go to the police to report that there are dangerous things living in the farmhouse.
(d) To take Dearly home with him, so he can haunt his brothers.