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

2. What happens the day after the narrator plays beautiful music on the instrument?
(a) He falls and breaks the instrument.
(b) He gives up playing, as he knows he will never play like that again.
(c) He moves school, and the new school does not give lessons in that instrument.
(d) The instrument disappears.

3. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?
(a) A Haitian coffee girl.
(b) The woman with the red ribbon in her hair.
(c) A zombie master.
(d) Death.

4. What does the old Shahinai woman take in exchange for the young man?
(a) A winning lottery ticket for the New York State Lottery.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Gold.
(d) Diamonds.

5. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?
(a) Flying a spaceship.
(b) Trying to kill the writer.
(c) Making toast.
(d) Fighting orcs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?

3. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Bonnie's Mother,' what has happened to Bonnie's mother?

4. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?

5. Why is the young writer upset?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who tells the story about the playhouse in 'Closing Time,' and what evidence is there that this person is the storyteller?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Why do you think the narrator gives up his old life, and why does he pretend to be the professor?

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

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

10. Is Amelia a sympathetic character?

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