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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 join a nudist colony.
(b) To atone for his past crimes.
(c) To give to the poor.
(d) To go live freely in the woods like a wild man.

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

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

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

5. Why did she come to this house instead?
(a) She was thrown out of Lord Falconmere's house and had nowhere else to go.
(b) She was sent a mysterious letter about her birthright, so decided to stop here on the way.
(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.

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

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

8. What else do they want from her?
(a) Her hand in marriage.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) Some bread rolls.
(d) A key to the treasure.

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

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

11. Why does the narrator not understand the jokes the other boys tell?
(a) The jokes are about a playhouse he has never been to.
(b) They are speaking another language.
(c) He doesn't know the people they are talking about.
(d) He is too young for them.

12. Who is trying to attack Amelia as she hides in the woodcutter's cottage?
(a) The writer.
(b) Lord Falconmere.
(c) Ghoul-lords.
(d) Vampires.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first story about?

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

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

4. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?

5. What happens to the Shahinai man after eight months?

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