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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. What explanation does the detective give for the word 'Rache' being written on the wall at the crime scene?
(a) Rache is the name of a resistance group who fight the Old Ones.
(b) The victim was trying to write the name of his killer - Rachel.
(c) Rache means 'revenge' in German.
(d) Rache is the name of a particularly powerful Old One.

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

3. What is Mr. Alice's main interest outside of business?
(a) Sex.
(b) Religion.
(c) Golf.
(d) Art.

4. What do they plan to do with Miss Finch?
(a) Go to the cinema, then bowling.
(b) Go shopping in London.
(c) Go to a circus show, then out for sushi.
(d) Go to a play, then out dancing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who suddenly turns up in the young writer's house?

3. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?

4. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?

5. What else do they want from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the steps that lead up to the narrator taking the professor's identity.

2. 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?

3. Describe the character of Miss Finch.

4. Describe how the detective solves the mystery in 'A Study in Emerald.'

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

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

7. Why does the narrator see a Haitian coffee girl at the end of the story?

8. Why is November upset at the end of the story, and how does October cheer him up?

9. Why do you think the double bass allows him to play beautiful music this one time?

10. Is Amelia a sympathetic character?

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