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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?
(a) To give to the poor.
(b) To join a nudist colony.
(c) To atone for his past crimes.
(d) To go live freely in the woods like a wild man.

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

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

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

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

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

7. In The Faery Reel, what does the narrator say the 'brown boys' will do with his heart?
(a) Play a song on it and dance along.
(b) Play with it until it is broken.
(c) Eat it.
(d) Lock it up and keep it safe.

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

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

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

11. What is Mr. Alice's main interest outside of business?
(a) Sex.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Golf.

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

13. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Raining Blood,' what two options are given to the reader?
(a) to go through with her pregnancy or got an abortion.
(b) The subject of the story either survived the war or was killed by the Gestapo.
(c) The subject of the story either married her baby's father or went to college and became a lawyer.
(d) The subject of the story was either killed by her boyfriend, or rescued by her father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two of them do?

2. In 'Keepsakes and Treasures,' who admitted the narrator's mother into an insane asylum?

3. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?

4. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?

5. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?

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