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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. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?
(a) Her inheritance.
(b) Her future husband.
(c) A lost treasure.
(d) Death.

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

4. What does Amelia promise them in return for not killing her?
(a) Brides.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) The deeds to the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?

2. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?

3. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?

4. Why did she come to this house instead?

5. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?

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