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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' see that frightens him so much?
(a) A vision of the future in which he is dead.
(b) The ghost of his friend, who died a month ago.
(c) A strange shadow that looks like a huge black dog.
(d) A gypsy woman with an unpleasant smile.

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

3. Why does Runt think he will be ok when he runs away from home?
(a) He plans to go find distant relatives and stay with them.
(b) He thinks the police will protect him if anyone tries to hurt him.
(c) He has read fairy stories and knows that there are good people as well as monsters out there.
(d) He knows it will not be long before he is found and brought home, but wants to make a point.

4. What is the first story about?
(a) A woman who falls in love with a man at an airport by looking at the x-ray of his luggage.
(b) A chef who changes a customer's order to suit the wine, but the customer ends up having an allergy to the food.
(c) A little boy who is dared by some other boys to knock on the door of a strange playhouse. The playhouse traps the other boys and they are never seen again.
(d) A boy who plays a cello very badly, and one day manages to inexplicably play fantastic music on it, but breaks it the next day and can never play it properly again.

5. Why are the first two ghost stories unsatisfying?
(a) They are not actually about ghosts.
(b) They are told badly.
(c) They do not involve any of the people at the club.
(d) They are urban legends and do not make a lot of sense.

6. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?
(a) His parents name him Runt, because he is their least favorite child.
(b) His brothers name him Runt, because he is younger, smaller and weaker than them.
(c) His teacher names him Runt after a character from a book who was small and weak.
(d) He names himself Runt, to show that he doesn't care what others say about him.

7. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?
(a) To lock up the dogs he used for hunting.
(b) To lock up the boys when they were naughty.
(c) To keep strange animals in.
(d) To lock up people who trespassed on the land.

8. In 'The Hidden Chamber' what does the poet tell the reader not to be afraid of?
(a) The dark.
(b) The butterfly.
(c) The ghosts in the house.
(d) Himself.

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

10. What does the narrator do the next day?
(a) He digs up a grave in the graveyard and finds the body of his friend.
(b) He leaves New Orleans as quickly as he can.
(c) He goes in search of the woman from the bar.
(d) He presents the professor's paper.

11. What do they plan to do with Miss Finch?
(a) Go to a circus show, then out for sushi.
(b) Go to the cinema, then bowling.
(c) Go to a play, then out dancing.
(d) Go shopping in London.

12. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.
(b) She would like to be in the chair next month.
(c) She doesn't like horror stories.
(d) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.

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

14. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(b) Going to work.
(c) Going to the gym.
(d) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.

15. Why did she come to this house instead?
(a) She was thrown out of Lord Falconmere's house and had nowhere else to go.
(b) She lost her way and wandered in the woods, eventually seeing the house.
(c) The coach driver pushed her from the coach in the woods and drove away without her.
(d) She was sent a mysterious letter about her birthright, so decided to stop here on the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?

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

3. In 'Forbidden Brides...' what draws Amelia toward the house?

4. What happens to the Shahinai man after eight months?

5. In The Faery Reel, what does the narrator say the 'brown boys' will do with his heart?

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