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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 Missy order at the cafe?
(a) Hash browns, ketchup, and a steak knife.
(b) A bowl of ice cream.
(c) A burger and fries.
(d) Cola and a bag of chips.

2. What now happens to Missy and Harlequin?
(a) They switch roles.
(b) They fight.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They fall in love.

3. In 'The Star,' where does the vampire say that vampires came from originally?
(a) A very distant planet.
(b) The star constellation Draco.
(c) The sun.
(d) The star constellation Ares.

4. 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 still alive, but half eaten.
(c) The cat is eating Miss Corvier alive.
(d) The cat has been skinned, but is still alive.

5. In 'Temperance' what does the vampire say Chinese vampires drink instead of blood?
(a) V8.
(b) Synthetic blood.
(c) Spinal fluid.
(d) Tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl whom the narrator talks to in the conservatory?

2. In 'Harlequin Valentine' what does Harlequin pin on Missy's front door?

3. Why does the narrator not want to go to the party?

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

5. How old is Becky and how old is the narrator when he begins seeing her behind his wife's back?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

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

4. Describe how the disease progresses in Disease Maker's Croup.

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

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

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

8. Why does Becky break up with the narrator?

9. Based on the instructions given in the poem 'Instructions,' what kind of morals are needed to survive fairyland?

10. In what ways is 'In The End' a reversal of the creation story in Genesis?

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