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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. In her dream, what does Susan notice about the White Witch?

2. What will eventually happen to the sufferer?

3. How does the narrator know Vic?

4. Where does Harlequin find himself at the end of the story?

5. Where does the narrator of 'Feeders and Eaters' meet an old acquaintance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the narrator's attempts to find Scarlet in 'Pages from a Journal...'

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

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

9. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose and worth of fiction? Why are stories important? Discuss how the author deals with these questions in his stories and poems.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of evil and monsters in the poems and stories in this collection. Pay particular attention to the stories 'Keepsakes and Treasures,' 'How Do You Think it Feels?' and 'The Monarch of the Glen." Also, bring in any other stories and poems you like as well. What does the author have to say about evil and human nature? Do you agree with him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss characterization in two of the stories or poems in the collection. How has the author communicated what the characters are like, and how does he create sympathy for them? Do the characters act consistently? Do they seem like real people?

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