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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. In 'October in the Chair,' who tells the first story?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) September.

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

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

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

5. What else do they want from her?
(a) A key to the treasure.
(b) Her hand in marriage.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) Some bread rolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Miss Finch?

2. Why is the young writer upset?

3. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?

4. What does the narrator do when he finds the men who may have been his father?

5. What does the woman from the bar say happened to a young man in New Orleans?

(see the answer key)

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