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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Keepsakes and Treasures, and Good Boys Deserve Favors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?
(a) He forgot his wallet.
(b) He accidentally brought his room key with him.
(c) He forgot his presentation notes for his paper.
(d) He is sick of his company.

2. What is Mr. Alice's main interest outside of business?
(a) Sex.
(b) Religion.
(c) Art.
(d) Golf.

3. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?
(a) To go into the farmhouse, so he can stay with Dearly forever as a ghost.
(b) To return to his family, who he knows will miss him if he stays with Dearly.
(c) To take Dearly home with him, so he can haunt his brothers.
(d) To go to the police to report that there are dangerous things living in the farmhouse.

4. What do the two of them do?
(a) Explore and climb a tree.
(b) Tell ghost stories.
(c) Play hide and seek in the farmhouse.
(d) Play in the river.

5. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) The German ambassador.
(c) The resistance.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the narrator first meet the detective?

4. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?

5. Why does Runt think he will be ok when he runs away from home?

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