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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, and Strange Little Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?
(a) Flying a spaceship.
(b) Making toast.
(c) Fighting orcs.
(d) Trying to kill the writer.

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

4. When he returns to the car and finds the man gone, what does the narrator find?
(a) The typescript of his paper and a hotel reservation in New Orleans.
(b) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(c) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.
(d) A gun and a wad of money.

5. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?
(a) A dead bird.
(b) A pornographic magazine.
(c) An old wrecked car.
(d) A treasure map.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miss Finch do?

3. When they find a beautiful garden with a stream that looks like a fairy grotto, what does one of the boys do?

4. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?

5. Who is in the car with Mr. Alice when he picks up the narrator at the station?

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