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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. 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 give to the poor.
(d) To join a nudist colony.

2. Why does Runt think he will be ok when he runs away from home?
(a) He has read fairy stories and knows that there are good people as well as monsters out there.
(b) He plans to go find distant relatives and stay with them.
(c) He thinks the police will protect him if anyone tries to hurt him.
(d) He knows it will not be long before he is found and brought home, but wants to make a point.

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. How does the detective know that the narrator was in Afghanistan?
(a) He is wearing his war medal.
(b) The detective also served in Afghanistan and remembers seeing him there.
(c) He is wearing military grade boots that were given to soldiers in Afghanistan.
(d) His shoulder injury is consistent with Afghan cave-folk torture methods.

5. What does the ghost boy tell Runt his name is?
(a) Donald.
(b) He doesn't tell him his name.
(c) Max.
(d) Dearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the detective suspect of committing the murder, and why?

2. Who offers to tell the next story?

3. What is scary about the playhouse door?

4. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?

5. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?

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