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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 has happened to her people?

2. What does Susan dream about?

3. Who lets the boys in to the party?

4. Now that Missy can see Harlequin, what does she tell him to do?

5. In 'The Lovers' what do the townsfolk find when they open up the woman's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becky break up with the narrator?

2. What do you think happened to Becky at the end of the story?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Missy get the better of Harlequin?

9. In the story 'Goliath,' what is real and what is not?

10. Do you think Miss Corvier is supernatural or a normal but disturbed human?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How many of the stories and poems in this collection are horror stories? Why do you consider them to be horror stories? How has the author used language, structure, pace, and symbolism to create a scary or creepy atmosphere? Are these conventional horror stories or something a bit different?

Essay Topic 3

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.'

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