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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 October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?
(a) His parents name him Runt, because he is their least favorite child.
(b) His teacher names him Runt after a character from a book who was small and weak.
(c) His brothers name him Runt, because he is younger, smaller and weaker than them.
(d) He names himself Runt, to show that he doesn't care what others say about him.

2. In 'The Hidden Chamber' what does the poet tell the reader not to be afraid of?
(a) Himself.
(b) The dark.
(c) The ghosts in the house.
(d) The butterfly.

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

4. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to work.
(b) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(c) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(d) Going to the gym.

5. 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 puts him in an iron maiden.
(d) It makes him relive everything bad that he has ever done.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal joins Miss Finch and then circles around the circus audience?

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

3. What does the narrator talk to Miss Finch about in the refreshment room?

4. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?

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

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