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

2. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(b) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(c) Going to work.
(d) Going to the gym.

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

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

5. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Raining Blood,' what two options are given to the reader?
(a) The subject of the story either survived the war or was killed by the Gestapo.
(b) The subject of the story was either killed by her boyfriend, or rescued by her father.
(c) to go through with her pregnancy or got an abortion.
(d) The subject of the story either married her baby's father or went to college and became a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?

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

3. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?

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

5. What does the narrator talk to Miss Finch about in the refreshment room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is Amelia a sympathetic character?

3. What do you think the three older boys in the ghost story are?

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

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

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

7. Describe the character of Miss Finch.

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

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

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

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