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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 mild deformity does the girl have?
(a) She has one green eye and one blue.
(b) She only has three fingers on her right hand.
(c) Her little finger splits into two fingertips.
(d) She has six toes on her left foot.

2. Why does the narrator not want to go to the party?
(a) He is too shy to talk to girls.
(b) He hates loud music.
(c) He is not feeling well.
(d) He thinks parties are stupid.

3. Whom does Disease Maker's Croup affect?
(a) People who catalogue diseases.
(b) Hypochondriacs.
(c) People with weakened immune systems.
(d) People who want time off work.

4. What does the serpent do with it?
(a) Hangs it on a tree.
(b) Unlocks the gate.
(c) Gives it to God.
(d) Places it in a box.

5. What does the third stage of the disease affect?
(a) Physicality.
(b) Strength.
(c) The lungs.
(d) Speech and thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the second girl the narrator speaks to say she enjoys?

2. What does Susan dream about?

3. The first time the world seems to dissolve away for the author, whom does he meet?

4. What disguise does Harlequin take in order to speak to Missy?

5. What reason does Becky give for breaking up with the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becky break up with the narrator?

2. Is the professor the same person as Susan from the Narnia books?

3. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

4. What kind of beings are Wain's Wain and the second girl whom Enn talks to?

5. Why do you think Eddie Barrow lets himself be eaten in 'Feeders and Eaters'? Does he have a choice?

6. What might the plasticine gargoyle symbolize?

7. Based on the ideas explored in 'Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot' why do you think vampire stories are so popular?

8. How does Missy get the better of Harlequin?

9. Is 'In the End' a hopeful story or a sad one?

10. What different kinds of vampires are there in 'Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot'?

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