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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. What is wrong with Joe's child?
(a) It has cancer.
(b) It is a vampire.
(c) It is a mutant baby.
(d) It is evil.

2. What is unusual about the policemen's observation of the bathroom in "The Moving Finger"?
(a) Howard is sane.
(b) There is nobody in the bathroom.
(c) There is no evidence of a murder.
(d) Nothing is unusual.

3. Whom does Joe marry?
(a) Popsy.
(b) Cora.
(c) Cara.
(d) Roberta.

4. What does Scooter suffer from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Epilepsy.

5. In "Night Flier," what is hidden in the plane?
(a) A baby.
(b) A vampire.
(c) An escaped convict.
(d) A werewolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the policemen observe about the bathroom in "The Moving Finger"?

2. Jannings and John Tell work on an album by _____________.

3. Who finds the journalist at the end of "Night Flier"?

4. When do Joe and his wife have their first child?

5. What does Jannings do to John Tell one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "It Grows On You," how does Joe Newall die, and what are some possible reasons why?

2. In "Night Flier," whom does the reporter find responsible for the series of murders, and where does he find him?

3. What do the hitchhiker's actions reveal in "Chattery Teeth"?

4. How is Sheridan surprised in "Popsy"?

5. What change does Miss Sidley see in her students, and what does she eventually do about it?

6. What is Robinson obsessed with and why?

7. Describe Paul Jannings.

8. In "The End of the Whole Mess," how does Bobby's plan go awry?

9. How does the father of Martha's child change in her eyes in "Dedication"?

10. What similarities are there between Martha's son and Peter Jefferies in "Dedication"?

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