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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Diseasemaker's Croup, and In The End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Missy take Harlequin's gift?
(a) To her friend's house.
(b) To the police.
(c) To the bin.
(d) To the cemetery.

2. What does the serpent do with it?
(a) Gives it to God.
(b) Places it in a box.
(c) Unlocks the gate.
(d) Hangs it on a tree.

3. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?
(a) He doesn't believe in fairies anymore.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He was thrown out and told never to return.
(d) He broke a fairy's heart.

4. What does Miss Corvier ask Eddie to bring her?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Raw meat.
(d) Soup.

5. In 'My Life' what does the poet claim caused the death of his wife?
(a) Aliens killed her, but this was hushed up by the government.
(b) Lavatorial waste falling from a plane fell on her head.
(c) A haunted dishwasher caused her to liquefy.
(d) A bear killed her after she went insane and believed she was a bear cub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the young writer upset?

2. Whom does the father say his sympathy is with now?

3. Who is in the car with Mr. Alice when he picks up the narrator at the station?

4. When he meets Becky again years later, what does she tell him was the real reason for her breaking up with him?

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

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