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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 happens when the three older boys go inside?
(a) The playhouse disappears, taking them with it.
(b) The narrator runs away and never looks back.
(c) The door shuts behind them and they do not come out.
(d) There is the sound of an evil laugh on the wind.

2. 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 pornographic magazine.
(b) An old wrecked car.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A treasure map.

3. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?
(a) To claim her birthright.
(b) To work as a governess for his children.
(c) To work as a cook in his kitchen.
(d) To beg him to marry her.

4. Who is Mr. Alice?
(a) A very rich and powerful man who likes to remain private.
(b) A top secret agent from Russia.
(c) A cult leader.
(d) A criminal mastermind who is always plotting against the government.

5. 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) A gun and a wad of money.
(c) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(d) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else do they want from her?

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

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

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

5. What is weird about Miss Finch in the ninth room?

(see the answer key)

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