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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problem of Susan, and Instructions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Other People' what is the worst form of torture that the demon inflicts on the man?
(a) It pulls his fingernails out.
(b) It forces him to watch the deaths of all the people he has ever loved.
(c) It makes him relive everything bad that he has ever done.
(d) It puts him in an iron maiden.

2. What does the professor dream about that night?
(a) Mary Poppins.
(b) Her family.
(c) Aslan.
(d) A new world.

3. What happens to Miss Finch?
(a) She joins the circus.
(b) She walks away into the mist.
(c) She is killed by the Smilodons.
(d) She disappears right in front of them.

4. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?
(a) Go inside the playhouse.
(b) Burn the playhouse down.
(c) Knock on the playhouse door.
(d) Look inside the window of the playhouse.

5. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?
(a) To lock up the boys when they were naughty.
(b) To lock up people who trespassed on the land.
(c) To lock up the dogs he used for hunting.
(d) To keep strange animals in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?

2. What happens when the three older boys go inside?

3. What does the narrator do the next day?

4. How did the professor's parents, brothers, and sister die?

5. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?

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