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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 circus performer, a ringmaster, and a fantasy author.
(c) A journalist, a television presenter, and a fantasy author.
(d) A housewife, an accountant, and a fantasy author.

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

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

6. What does the old Shahinai woman take in exchange for the young man?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) A winning lottery ticket for the New York State Lottery.
(c) Gold.
(d) Weapons.

7. Who is Mr. Alice?
(a) A cult leader.
(b) A very rich and powerful man who likes to remain private.
(c) A top secret agent from Russia.
(d) A criminal mastermind who is always plotting against the government.

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

9. What is the Swallows?
(a) A manor house.
(b) A playhouse.
(c) A den that the three boys built from tree branches.
(d) A river.

10. 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) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(c) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.
(d) A gun and a wad of money.

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

12. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?
(a) Breakthroughs in dental hygiene.
(b) Death and the afterlife in different cultures.
(c) Metaphor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
(d) Haitian coffee girls.

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

14. Why is the young writer upset?
(a) He is trying to write about himself, but for some reason keeps writing about Amelia.
(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 horror but it is not scary enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?

3. What do the two of them do?

4. In 'Forbidden Brides...' what draws Amelia toward the house?

5. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?

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