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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. Where does the narrator meet Becky?

2. What do the man and woman then do?

3. What reason does Becky give for breaking up with the narrator?

4. How did the professor's parents, brothers, and sister die?

5. In 'Temperance' what does the vampire say Chinese vampires drink instead of blood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes it clear that the author of 'Disease Maker's Croup' is suffering from the disease himself?

4. What different kinds of vampires are there in 'Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot'?

5. Do the machines feel emotion?

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

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

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

9. What is the 'problem of Susan'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What exactly happens in the story 'Bitter Grounds' and what does the story mean? Does it have several meanings? Is there a message in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss lessons in the stories and poems in this collection. Which poems and stories contain a moral? What kinds of morals or lessons are taught, and are they repeated in different stories? Do you think this is the author's own view?

Essay Topic 3

How is fairyland represented in the stories and poems in this collection? What does the author have to say about magic?

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