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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. In 'Harlequin Valentine' what does Harlequin pin on Missy's front door?
(a) His heart.
(b) A charcoal drawing of Missy.
(c) A red and black striped ribbon.
(d) A card.

2. What is the professor's book about?
(a) What happened to her in Narnia.
(b) Philosophy of religion and the existence of God.
(c) Meaning in children's fiction.
(d) Why gossip is a sin.

3. In the poem 'Instructions' what is it important to always trust?
(a) The youngest princess.
(b) That the path will lead you home.
(c) Your heart and your story.
(d) Dragons.

4. After sleeping with Becky, what does the narrator see during the night, which may or may not be a dream?
(a) Becky ripping the plasticine model out of his chest and squashing it.
(b) The plasticine model he created retreating back into his chest with some of Becky's hair.
(c) The plasticine model he created killing Becky.
(d) The plasticine model he created hovering over him, pointing at Becky and shaking its head.

5. What story is the father reading to his child in 'Locks'?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Rapunzel.
(d) Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eddie checks to see what is making a horrible howling noise, what does he find?

2. From what does he ask the model to protect him?

3. Why has Greta come to see the professor?

4. Why is the narrator pulled out of the Matrix?

5. In 'Justice,' why have the townsfolk condemned a baby to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

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

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

4. What might the plasticine gargoyle symbolize?

5. Are the boys at the party in any danger?

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

7. Why does Becky break up with the narrator?

8. Describe the character of Harlequin.

9. How does the father in 'Locks' interpret the story differently from his two-year-old child?

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

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