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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they get to the circus, why is Miss Finch unimpressed?
(a) There are no seats.
(b) The venue is very dirty.
(c) The music is too loud.
(d) The costumes are rubbish.

2. What does the ghost boy tell Runt his name is?
(a) He doesn't tell him his name.
(b) Max.
(c) Donald.
(d) Dearly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman from the bar say happened to a young man in New Orleans?

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

3. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In 'The Faery Reel,' what kind of place is fairyland?

2. In 'Keepsakes and Treasures' how does the narrator's background explain the person he is today?

3. Is Amelia a sympathetic character?

4. In the poem 'The Hidden Chamber,' is there anything that is actually hidden?

5. How do the characteristics and personalities of the months in the story 'October in the Chair' reflect the different months of the year?

6. Why does Runt decide to go into the farmhouse at the end of October's story?

7. Do you think the gypsy woman in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' is a ghost? Did the boy imagine it all?

8. Why does the poet cast aside all his possessions and his old life in the poem 'Going Wodwo'?

9. What do the characters in 'Strange Little Girls' have in common?

10. Why does the writer in 'Forbidden Brides...' enjoy writing about Amelia making toast?

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