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

2. Who is in the car with Mr. Alice when he picks up the narrator at the station?
(a) A detective.
(b) A professor of ancient languages.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) An old Shahinai woman.

3. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?
(a) The double bass.
(b) The flute.
(c) The viola.
(d) The acoustic guitar.

4. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?
(a) A Haitian coffee girl.
(b) Death.
(c) A zombie master.
(d) The woman with the red ribbon in her hair.

5. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?
(a) Knock on the playhouse door.
(b) Burn the playhouse down.
(c) Go inside the playhouse.
(d) Look inside the window of the playhouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?

3. What do they plan to do with Miss Finch?

4. What is Mr. Alice's main interest outside of business?

5. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Raining Blood,' what two options are given to the reader?

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