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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. Where does a woman from the bar take the narrator?
(a) To a graveyard.
(b) Back to the hotel.
(c) To a bar for gumbo.
(d) To an abandoned house.

2. In his note, why did the killer say that he murdered the German Old One?
(a) The Old Ones are evil and enjoy inflicting suffering.
(b) The killer is an Old One who believes the Old Ones should not have relationships with humans.
(c) The Old Ones are weak and deserve to die.
(d) The Old Ones are planning to destroy mankind.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?

3. Why does the narrator kill the deputy head of the orphanage?

4. Why is the young writer upset?

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

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