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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 else do they want from her?
(a) A key to the treasure.
(b) Some bread rolls.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) Her hand in marriage.

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

3. Why did she come to this house instead?
(a) The coach driver pushed her from the coach in the woods and drove away without her.
(b) She was thrown out of Lord Falconmere's house and had nowhere else to go.
(c) She lost her way and wandered in the woods, eventually seeing the house.
(d) She was sent a mysterious letter about her birthright, so decided to stop here on the way.

4. Whom does the detective suspect of committing the murder, and why?
(a) Vernet and his friend the 'Limping Doctor.'
(b) Inspector Lestrade.
(c) Vernet.
(d) Prince Albert.

5. 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 military grade boots that were given to soldiers in Afghanistan.
(d) He is wearing his war medal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the young writer upset?

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

4. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?

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

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