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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. Who is Mr. Alice?
(a) A very rich and powerful man who likes to remain private.
(b) A cult leader.
(c) A top secret agent from Russia.
(d) A criminal mastermind who is always plotting against the government.

2. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?
(a) A dentist.
(b) An anthropology professor.
(c) An English Literature professor.
(d) A hitchhiker.

3. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?
(a) Paul (an actor), Martyn (a gaming magazine editor), and an unnamed old man.
(b) Neil (a writer), Martyn (a drunk), and Daniel (who never told them his profession).
(c) Sam (a drunk), Martyn (a plastic surgeon), and Ollie (a mechanic).
(d) Paul (a police inspector), Robert (a writer), and an unnamed old man.

4. Why does the narrator not understand the jokes the other boys tell?
(a) They are speaking another language.
(b) He doesn't know the people they are talking about.
(c) The jokes are about a playhouse he has never been to.
(d) He is too young for them.

5. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?
(a) To keep strange animals in.
(b) To lock up people who trespassed on the land.
(c) To lock up the dogs he used for hunting.
(d) To lock up the boys when they were naughty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?

3. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?

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

5. What does the boy in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' see that frightens him so much?

(see the answer key)

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