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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 does the narrator do the next day?
(a) He leaves New Orleans as quickly as he can.
(b) He digs up a grave in the graveyard and finds the body of his friend.
(c) He goes in search of the woman from the bar.
(d) He presents the professor's paper.

2. When he returns to the car and finds the man gone, what does the narrator find?
(a) The typescript of his paper and a hotel reservation in New Orleans.
(b) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(c) A gun and a wad of money.
(d) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.

3. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a famous actor.
(b) As a nobody.
(c) As a zombie.
(d) As a professor.

4. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?
(a) A play about the murder of an Old One.
(b) A play about a vampire.
(c) A play celebrating the victory of the Old Ones over mankind.
(d) A play condemning the Old Ones as tyrants.

5. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?
(a) The viola.
(b) The double bass.
(c) The acoustic guitar.
(d) The flute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does June say before October's story begins?

2. What is scary about the playhouse door?

3. What is the first story about?

4. Who offers to tell the next story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In your opinion, what was Miss Finch's wish? Was it granted by the cabinet?

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

5. In 'The Faery Reel,' what kind of place is fairyland?

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

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

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

9. Describe the character of Mr. Alice.

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

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