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

2. When they find a beautiful garden with a stream that looks like a fairy grotto, what does one of the boys do?
(a) He urinates in it.
(b) He lies down and falls asleep.
(c) He throws rocks in it.
(d) He vandalizes it.

3. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?
(a) He snores and tests poisons on the dog.
(b) He snores and uses the mantelpiece for target practice.
(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.

4. Who suddenly turns up in the young writer's house?
(a) His lost wife, who left him long ago.
(b) Amelia Earnshawe.
(c) A publisher who is interested in his book.
(d) His older brother who he thought was dead.

5. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?
(a) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.
(b) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.
(c) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.
(d) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does June say before October's story begins?

2. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?

3. What does Amelia promise them in return for not killing her?

4. In 'October in the Chair,' who tells the first story?

5. What else do they want from her?

(see the answer key)

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