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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goliath, and Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers to tell the next story?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) September.

2. Whom does the detective suspect of committing the murder, and why?
(a) Vernet and his friend the 'Limping Doctor.'
(b) Prince Albert.
(c) Vernet.
(d) Inspector Lestrade.

3. What do the two of them do?
(a) Play hide and seek in the farmhouse.
(b) Tell ghost stories.
(c) Explore and climb a tree.
(d) Play in the river.

4. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?
(a) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.
(b) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.
(c) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.
(d) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.

5. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.
(b) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.
(c) She doesn't like horror stories.
(d) She would like to be in the chair next month.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?

2. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?

3. What does Miss Finch do?

4. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?

5. What is in the eighth room of the circus?

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