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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 disguise does Harlequin take in order to speak to Missy?
(a) A man walking his dog.
(b) A beggar.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A newspaper seller.

2. When Eddie checks to see what is making a horrible howling noise, what does he find?
(a) The cat is giving birth.
(b) The cat is eating Miss Corvier alive.
(c) The cat has been skinned, but is still alive.
(d) The cat is still alive, but half eaten.

3. What does the professor say being left behind meant for her?
(a) She could never be happy again.
(b) She was finally free to do what she wanted.
(c) She had to identify the bodies.
(d) She had a lucky escape.

4. What was written on the postcard that the narrator found?
(a) I love you.
(b) Remember.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Find me.

5. What does Greta say makes her angry?
(a) People enjoy the Narnia books although they treat the character of Susan so badly.
(b) Susan was denied paradise because she is too interested in lipsticks and nylons.
(c) Aslan did not seem to care that Susan's whole family died, leaving her alone.
(d) Susan was too sensible and grown up and so refused to come back to Narnia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is diagnosing Disease Maker's Croup difficult?

2. After sleeping with Becky, what does the narrator see during the night, which may or may not be a dream?

3. How does the narrator know Vic?

4. When he meets Becky again years later, what does she tell him was the real reason for her breaking up with him?

5. What story is the father reading to his child in 'Locks'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

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

3. Why does Becky break up with the narrator?

4. Based on this story, how do you think the author feels about the problem of Susan?

5. In 'My Life' is the poet telling the truth about anything he says?

6. Why does the father in 'Locks' feel that we owe it to ourselves to tell each other stories?

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

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

9. Why does Triolet say that she is a poem?

10. In 'The Day the Saucer's Came' why does the person in the poem not notice such incredible events?

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