2. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?
(a) Death.
(b) Her inheritance.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) A lost treasure.

3. What happens to the Shahinai man after eight months?
(a) He catches flu and dies.
(b) He begins to lose his good looks.
(c) He leaves Mr. Alice and they never find him again.
(d) He is caught stealing and arrested.

4. Why is the young writer upset?
(a) He is trying to write about reality, but he keeps parodying it.
(b) He is trying to write about himself, but for some reason keeps writing about Amelia.
(c) He is trying to write horror but it is not scary enough.
(d) He doesn't want to be a writer and wishes he could be a baker instead.

5. What happens the day after the narrator plays beautiful music on the instrument?
(a) He falls and breaks the instrument.
(b) He moves school, and the new school does not give lessons in that instrument.
(c) He gives up playing, as he knows he will never play like that again.
(d) The instrument disappears.

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

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

8. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?
(a) Making toast.
(b) Fighting orcs.
(c) Trying to kill the writer.
(d) Flying a spaceship.

9. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?
(a) His older brother.
(b) Amelia.
(c) A raven.
(d) The butler.

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

11. In New Orleans, who does the narrator and another professor meet in a bar?
(a) A strange old woman who offers to tell their fortunes.
(b) A zombie master, who spikes their drinks with zombie powder.
(c) The man whose identity the narrator has stolen.
(d) Two identical women with different colored ribbons in their hair.

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

13. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?
(a) Sam (a drunk), Martyn (a plastic surgeon), and Ollie (a mechanic).
(b) Neil (a writer), Martyn (a drunk), and Daniel (who never told them his profession).
(c) Paul (a police inspector), Robert (a writer), and an unnamed old man.
(d) Paul (an actor), Martyn (a gaming magazine editor), and an unnamed old man.

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

15. In 'The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch' what are the professions of Jane, Jonathon, and the narrator?
(a) An actress, a film producer, and a fantasy author.
(b) A housewife, an accountant, and a fantasy author.
(c) A circus performer, a ringmaster, and a fantasy author.
(d) A journalist, a television presenter, and a fantasy author.