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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. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?
(a) A police station.
(b) A friendly looking farmhouse with lights on inside.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A creepy-looking abandoned farmhouse.

2. How did the narrator first meet the detective?
(a) The detective consulted him on a case.
(b) He met him in the army.
(c) He was looking for somewhere to live.
(d) They sat next to each other at the theatre.

3. What kind of animal joins Miss Finch and then circles around the circus audience?
(a) Pygmy elephants.
(b) Aepyornis.
(c) Mammoths.
(d) Smilodons.

4. What is weird about Miss Finch in the ninth room?
(a) She seems to be blind.
(b) Her hair and eyes have changed color.
(c) She does not remember who they are.
(d) She is wearing a jungle costume.

5. When they find a beautiful garden with a stream that looks like a fairy grotto, what does one of the boys do?
(a) He urinates in it.
(b) He vandalizes it.
(c) He throws rocks in it.
(d) He lies down and falls asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?

2. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?

3. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?

4. What else do they want from her?

5. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?

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