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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Closing Time, and Going Wodwo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the young writer upset?
(a) He is trying to write about himself, but for some reason keeps writing about Amelia.
(b) He is trying to write about reality, but he keeps parodying it.
(c) He is trying to write horror but it is not scary enough.
(d) He doesn't want to be a writer and wishes he could be a baker instead.

2. What does the boy in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' see that frightens him so much?
(a) A strange shadow that looks like a huge black dog.
(b) A vision of the future in which he is dead.
(c) The ghost of his friend, who died a month ago.
(d) A gypsy woman with an unpleasant smile.

3. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?
(a) Trying to kill the writer.
(b) Flying a spaceship.
(c) Fighting orcs.
(d) Making toast.

4. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?
(a) He snores and uses the mantelpiece for target practice.
(b) He snores and tests poisons on the dog.
(c) He is very messy and is visited at all hours by strange people.
(d) He is very messy and likes to practice firing his gun at night.

5. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?
(a) To atone for his past crimes.
(b) To go live freely in the woods like a wild man.
(c) To join a nudist colony.
(d) To give to the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?

2. Why does the narrator not understand the jokes the other boys tell?

3. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?

4. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?

5. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?

(see the answer key)

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