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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.
(c) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.
(d) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.

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

3. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Bonnie's Mother,' what has happened to Bonnie's mother?
(a) She has been killed.
(b) She has left her husband.
(c) She has lost her baby in childbirth.
(d) She has been arrested.

4. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a professor.
(b) As a nobody.
(c) As a famous actor.
(d) As a zombie.

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

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

7. What do the two of them do?
(a) Tell ghost stories.
(b) Explore and climb a tree.
(c) Play in the river.
(d) Play hide and seek in the farmhouse.

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

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

10. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?
(a) He is an old friend and has come for a chat.
(b) He wants the detective to join forces with him against the Old Ones.
(c) He wants the detective to investigate the murder of one of the German royal family.
(d) He wants the detective to find a criminal member of the resistance.

11. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He broke a fairy's heart.
(c) He doesn't believe in fairies anymore.
(d) He was thrown out and told never to return.

12. What does Miss Finch do?
(a) She is a biogeologist.
(b) She is a nuclear physicist.
(c) She is a criminal defense lawyer.
(d) She is a surgeon.

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

14. When he returns to the car and finds the man gone, what does the narrator find?
(a) The typescript of his paper and a hotel reservation in New Orleans.
(b) A gun and a wad of money.
(c) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(d) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.

15. 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) A strange shadow that looks like a huge black dog.
(c) A gypsy woman with an unpleasant smile.
(d) The ghost of his friend, who died a month ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his note, why did the killer say that he murdered the German Old One?

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

3. What kind of animal joins Miss Finch and then circles around the circus audience?

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

5. Who offers to tell the next story?

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