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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. Where are the pledges taken by bus in "Loser"?
(a) A television studio.
(b) A mountain resort.
(c) Six Flags.
(d) A radio studio.

2. What is the name of the King's daughter in "Goblin Lake"?
(a) Poseidonia.
(b) Angelina.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Valerie.

3. The protagonist of "Catch and Release" is a fisherman and what?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Politician.
(d) Serial killer.

4. Who does Deel's wife say has been helpful to her while he was away at war in "The Stars are Falling"?
(a) James.
(b) Tom.
(c) Edgar.
(d) William.

5. What did Calum tie his victim to when he was younger in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?
(a) An elm tree.
(b) A thorn bush.
(c) A willow tree.
(d) An oak tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dex take Adeline in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"?

2. Where does the protagonist spend four months in "Mallon The Guru"?

3. Dex is offered a way out by way of a hypodermic needle filled with fluid of what color in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"?

4. What does Juvenal do once he finds the pet in "Juvenal Nyx"?

5. Jack is an officer with what cavalrymen in "Goblin Lake"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Juvenal begin his new life as a child of the night in "Juvenal Nyx"?

2. Describe the brothers in "Wildfire in Manhattan." What takes place when they meet in the beginning of the story?

3. How does Killheffer end up shot in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"? Where do Dex and Adeline go?

4. How are the pledges described in the story "Loser"?

5. Who gives Juvenal his name in "Juvenal Nyx"? How are their encounters described?

6. How long do the visits come nightly to Juvenal in "Juvenal Nyx"? What is he left with when his "creator" leaves him?

7. Where does Abe go after Sarah leaves him in "Weights and Measures"?

8. What is the setting of "Mallon The Guru"? What sign comes to Mallon upon entering the village?

9. What leads to the reuniting of the brothers in "Fossil-Figures"? How do they die?

10. What does the protagonist of "Blood" believe may drive his actions? How does he go about assuaging this need?

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