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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. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?
(a) Death.
(b) Her future husband.
(c) Her inheritance.
(d) A lost treasure.

2. In 'Other People' what is the worst form of torture that the demon inflicts on the man?
(a) It forces him to watch the deaths of all the people he has ever loved.
(b) It pulls his fingernails out.
(c) It puts him in an iron maiden.
(d) It makes him relive everything bad that he has ever done.

3. What is scary about the playhouse door?
(a) It has a pentagram drawn on it.
(b) It has an evil-looking red door knocker in the shape of an imp.
(c) It has blood on it.
(d) It is made of old, rusty iron that looks very heavy.

4. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a professor.
(b) As a famous actor.
(c) As a zombie.
(d) As a nobody.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?

2. What happens the day after the narrator plays beautiful music on the instrument?

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

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

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

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