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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. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He doesn't believe in fairies anymore.
(c) He broke a fairy's heart.
(d) He was thrown out and told never to return.

2. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?
(a) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.
(b) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.
(c) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.
(d) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.

3. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?
(a) He forgot his presentation notes for his paper.
(b) He is sick of his company.
(c) He forgot his wallet.
(d) He accidentally brought his room key with him.

4. Why does the narrator not understand the jokes the other boys tell?
(a) They are speaking another language.
(b) The jokes are about a playhouse he has never been to.
(c) He doesn't know the people they are talking about.
(d) He is too young for them.

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) He is wearing his war medal.
(c) He is wearing military grade boots that were given to soldiers in Afghanistan.
(d) The detective also served in Afghanistan and remembers seeing him there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In New Orleans, who does the narrator and another professor meet in a bar?

3. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?

4. What kind of animal joins Miss Finch and then circles around the circus audience?

5. When he returns to the car and finds the man gone, what does the narrator find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the character of Mr. Alice.

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

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

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

8. Describe the character of Miss Finch.

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

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

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