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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is scary about the playhouse door?
2. What do the two of them do?
3. In 'Good Boys Deserve Favors' what instrument does the narrator learn?
4. How old is the narrator when Mr. Alice's people find him?
5. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think the double bass allows him to play beautiful music this one time?
2. In 'Keepsakes and Treasures' how does the narrator's background explain the person he is today?
3. Describe how the detective solves the mystery in 'A Study in Emerald.'
4. In the poem 'The Hidden Chamber,' is there anything that is actually hidden?
5. Is the playhouse evil or magical, or was it just the narrator's imagination?
6. Why does Runt decide to go into the farmhouse at the end of October's story?
7. Is Amelia a sympathetic character?
8. Describe the things that happen to the character Amelia Earnshawe in 'Forbidden Brides...'
9. Describe the steps that lead up to the narrator taking the professor's identity.
10. Why do you think the narrator gives up his old life, and why does he pretend to be the professor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of identity in 'October in the Chair,' 'The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch,' 'Strange Little Girls,' and 'Harlequin Valentine.'
Essay Topic 2
What is the meaning of the playhouse in the story 'Closing Time?' Is it evil? Does it represent or symbolize anything?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss vampires in the short story collection 'Fifteen Painted Cards From a Vampire Tarot.' How are vampires portrayed? What different kinds of vampires appear in the stories? Can vampires be viewed as symbols or metaphors for anything? Why is vampire fiction so popular?
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