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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?
(a) A hitchhiker.
(b) An English Literature professor.
(c) An anthropology professor.
(d) A dentist.

3. What does the woman from the bar say happened to a young man in New Orleans?
(a) He got involved with bad men and was killed and tuned into a zombie.
(b) He woke up one day to find that his identity had been stolen.
(c) He fell in love with a voodoo priestess who cursed him and now uses him as a slave.
(d) He was drugged with zombie powder and craved it until he became little more than a zombie himself.

4. What is the first story about?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) A woman who falls in love with a man at an airport by looking at the x-ray of his luggage.
(d) A chef who changes a customer's order to suit the wine, but the customer ends up having an allergy to the food.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?
(a) The Lion.
(b) The Diogenes.
(c) The Sophocles.
(d) The White Hart.

9. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?
(a) The police.
(b) The resistance.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) The German ambassador.

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

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

12. In his note, why did the killer say that he murdered the German Old One?
(a) The Old Ones are weak and deserve to die.
(b) The Old Ones are evil and enjoy inflicting suffering.
(c) The killer is an Old One who believes the Old Ones should not have relationships with humans.
(d) The Old Ones are planning to destroy mankind.

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

14. What is in the eighth room of the circus?
(a) The Cabinet of Wishes Fulfilled.
(b) The Chest of Horrors.
(c) The Box of Wonders.
(d) The Sword of Truth.

15. What bad habits does the detective warn the narrator that he has?
(a) He is very messy and is visited at all hours by strange people.
(b) He snores and tests poisons on the dog.
(c) He snores and uses the mantelpiece for target practice.
(d) He is very messy and likes to practice firing his gun at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?

2. What does the narrator talk to Miss Finch about in the refreshment room?

3. When they get to the circus, why is Miss Finch unimpressed?

4. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?

5. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Bonnie's Mother,' what has happened to Bonnie's mother?

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