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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who suddenly turns up in the young writer's house?
(a) His older brother who he thought was dead.
(b) His lost wife, who left him long ago.
(c) Amelia Earnshawe.
(d) A publisher who is interested in his book.

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

4. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?
(a) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.
(b) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.
(c) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.
(d) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.

5. What explanation does the detective give for the word 'Rache' being written on the wall at the crime scene?
(a) The victim was trying to write the name of his killer - Rachel.
(b) Rache is the name of a resistance group who fight the Old Ones.
(c) Rache means 'revenge' in German.
(d) Rache is the name of a particularly powerful Old One.

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

7. How old is the narrator when Mr. Alice's people find him?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

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

9. What does the narrator do when he finds the men who may have been his father?
(a) He tests them.
(b) He drives them insane.
(c) He kills them.
(d) He gives them money.

10. Why does the narrator kill the deputy head of the orphanage?
(a) He was one of the possibilities for the narrator's father.
(b) He tried to send him to a new family he didn't want to go to.
(c) He liked to starve and torture the children.
(d) He sexually abused the children.

11. Where does a woman from the bar take the narrator?
(a) To a bar for gumbo.
(b) To an abandoned house.
(c) To a graveyard.
(d) Back to the hotel.

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

13. What is scary about the playhouse door?
(a) It is made of old, rusty iron that looks very heavy.
(b) It has an evil-looking red door knocker in the shape of an imp.
(c) It has a pentagram drawn on it.
(d) It has blood on it.

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

15. 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 shopping in London.
(d) Go to a play, then out dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?

2. Why is the young writer upset?

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

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

5. What is the Swallows?

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