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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 the first temptation brought home by the protagonist's wife in "Blood"?
(a) A dog.
(b) Steaks.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Chicken.

2. Calum warns the stranger of the negative effects of entering the cave and stealing what in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?
(a) The dog.
(b) The magic wand.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

3. What does the protagonist consume which leaves him sick and retching in "Blood"?
(a) Raw eggs.
(b) Raw chicken.
(c) Raw fish.
(d) Raw hamburger.

4. Where is the cave which Calum MacInnes is asked to guide someone in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?
(a) Mount Eversmore.
(b) The Rocky Mountains.
(c) The Misty Isle.
(d) The Sunny Isle.

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 willow tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A thorn bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the stranger leaves Calum trapped on a ledge in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains," he tells him he will return when?

2. What color shirts do the pledges wear in "Loser"?

3. What falls from the sky, landing at Mallon's feet when he enters the village in "Mallon The Guru"?

4. What does the fisherman wash when he returns home in "Catch and Release"?

5. What does Kane allow the man to finish before he kills him in "Unbelief"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What holiday does Kane awake upon in "Unbelief"? What does he discover?

2. What conversation do Calum and the dwarf have while walking in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?

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

4. How were the brothers of "Fossil-Figures" described upon their birth?

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

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

7. How is the relationship between Deel and his family described in the beginning of "The Stars are Falling"?

8. How is the fisherman described in "Catch and Release"?

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

10. What does the fisherman do to the woman he sees at the grocery store in "Catch and Release"?

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