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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. In The Faery Reel, what does the narrator say the 'brown boys' will do with his heart?
(a) Eat it.
(b) Play with it until it is broken.
(c) Lock it up and keep it safe.
(d) Play a song on it and dance along.

2. 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) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.
(c) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.
(d) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.

3. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?
(a) He is very messy and is visited at all hours by strange people.
(b) He is very messy and likes to practice firing his gun at night.
(c) He snores and tests poisons on the dog.
(d) He snores and uses the mantelpiece for target practice.

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. Who offers to tell the next story?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator first meet the detective?

2. In New Orleans, who does the narrator and another professor meet in a bar?

3. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?

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

5. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?

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