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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. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?
(a) The police.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) The German ambassador.
(d) The resistance.

2. What is this person traveling to present a paper on?
(a) Death and the afterlife in different cultures.
(b) Metaphor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
(c) Breakthroughs in dental hygiene.
(d) Haitian coffee girls.

3. What is scary about the playhouse door?
(a) It has blood on it.
(b) It has a pentagram drawn on it.
(c) It has an evil-looking red door knocker in the shape of an imp.
(d) It is made of old, rusty iron that looks very heavy.

4. When the narrator kills his grandfather, what does he take from the body?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His St. Christopher's necklace.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) His false eye.

5. In the poem 'Going Wodwo' why does the narrator give up his shirt, book, coat, and life?
(a) To join a nudist colony.
(b) To give to the poor.
(c) To go live freely in the woods like a wild man.
(d) To atone for his past crimes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 'The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch' what are the professions of Jane, Jonathon, and the narrator?

3. What happens to Miss Finch?

4. What happens the day after the narrator plays beautiful music on the instrument?

5. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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