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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is weird about Miss Finch in the ninth room?
(a) She is wearing a jungle costume.
(b) She does not remember who they are.
(c) She seems to be blind.
(d) Her hair and eyes have changed color.

2. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?
(a) A lost treasure.
(b) Death.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) Her inheritance.

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

4. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?
(a) To work as a governess for his children.
(b) To work as a cook in his kitchen.
(c) To claim her birthright.
(d) To beg him to marry her.

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

6. Whom does the detective suspect of committing the murder, and why?
(a) Vernet.
(b) Prince Albert.
(c) Inspector Lestrade.
(d) Vernet and his friend the 'Limping Doctor.'

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

8. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?
(a) The acoustic guitar.
(b) The flute.
(c) The viola.
(d) The double bass.

9. What does Amelia promise them in return for not killing her?
(a) The deeds to the house.
(b) Brides.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) A lock of her hair.

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

11. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?
(a) It is too boring.
(b) It is not a true story.
(c) He has heard it before.
(d) It is scaring April.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?

2. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?

3. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?

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

5. What happens when the three older boys go inside?

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