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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. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?
(a) A police station.
(b) A graveyard.
(c) A friendly looking farmhouse with lights on inside.
(d) A creepy-looking abandoned farmhouse.

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

3. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?
(a) He has heard it before.
(b) It is scaring April.
(c) It is not a true story.
(d) It is too boring.

4. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?
(a) Paul (a police inspector), Robert (a writer), and an unnamed old man.
(b) Sam (a drunk), Martyn (a plastic surgeon), and Ollie (a mechanic).
(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.

5. What happens when the three older boys go inside?
(a) The door shuts behind them and they do not come out.
(b) The narrator runs away and never looks back.
(c) There is the sound of an evil laugh on the wind.
(d) The playhouse disappears, taking them with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?

2. Who is trying to attack Amelia as she hides in the woodcutter's cottage?

3. How did the narrator first meet the detective?

4. What is the first story about?

5. What explanation does the detective give for the word 'Rache' being written on the wall at the crime scene?

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