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

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

3. What does the narrator talk to Miss Finch about in the refreshment room?
(a) Smilodons and other prehistoric creatures.
(b) The ethics of fish trawling.
(c) Microbes and other harmful things that can be found in Sushi.
(d) How terrible the circus is.

4. Why does the narrator kill the deputy head of the orphanage?
(a) He tried to send him to a new family he didn't want to go to.
(b) He liked to starve and torture the children.
(c) He sexually abused the children.
(d) He was one of the possibilities for the narrator's father.

5. How does the detective know that the narrator was in Afghanistan?
(a) His shoulder injury is consistent with Afghan cave-folk torture methods.
(b) The detective also served in Afghanistan and remembers seeing him there.
(c) He is wearing his war medal.
(d) He is wearing military grade boots that were given to soldiers in Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?

2. What else do they want from her?

3. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?

4. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Miss Finch.

2. Describe the things that happen to the character Amelia Earnshawe in 'Forbidden Brides...'

3. Is there a 'bad guy' in the story 'A Study in Emerald'?

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

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

6. In what ways could 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' be considered a coming of age story?

7. In the last story in 'Strange Little Girls,' two alternate stories are offered about a woman who lived during the war. Which one offers the happier ending?

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

9. Is the playhouse evil or magical, or was it just the narrator's imagination?

10. In 'Bitter Grounds' why does the man become a demon?

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