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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. In 'Harlequin Valentine' what does Harlequin pin on Missy's front door?
(a) His heart.
(b) A charcoal drawing of Missy.
(c) A card.
(d) A red and black striped ribbon.

2. The first time the world seems to dissolve away for the author, whom does he meet?
(a) A man wearing a long black trench coat.
(b) A man wearing a Santa hat.
(c) A man wearing horn-rimmed spectacles.
(d) A man wearing a black leather jumpsuit.

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

4. Who is in the car with Mr. Alice when he picks up the narrator at the station?
(a) An old Shahinai woman.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) A professor of ancient languages.
(d) A detective.

5. Why are the first two ghost stories unsatisfying?
(a) They do not involve any of the people at the club.
(b) They are told badly.
(c) They are urban legends and do not make a lot of sense.
(d) They are not actually about ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Other People' what is the worst form of torture that the demon inflicts on the man?

2. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?

3. What happens to the Shahinai man after eight months?

4. Whom does the father say his sympathy is with now?

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

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