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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 does the story take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Miami.

2. Which recording device was used by the party?
(a) Reel to reel.
(b) Dictaphone.
(c) Phonograph.
(d) Casette recorder.

3. What is the name of the missing pilot?
(a) Pendergrass.
(b) Castleton.
(c) Dalton.
(d) Ambrose.

4. The man considers his external life to be ____.
(a) Mundane.
(b) Dull.
(c) Vapid.
(d) Curious.

5. What is the name of the lake where the force supposedly resides?
(a) Joe's Lake.
(b) Rick's Lake.
(c) Howard's Lake.
(d) Jack's Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house was located on the Aylesbury Pike?

2. The Burying Ground is located on which street?

3. The teacher is asked to serve as which of the following:

4. The narrator ends up relying on the assistance of which visitor to the farm?

5. In which state does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item has deeply affected Josiah Alwyn? What is Grandfather Alwyn's obsession?

2. Who is Professor Upton Gardner? How does he become involved in the mystery at Rick's Lake?

3. Who are Folin and Tony Alwyn? What is their relationship?

4. What does Dorgan find when he goes searching for Gardner? What are Gardner's instructions?

5. What is the prequel to The Shadow from the Steeple? In The Shadow from the Steeple Fiske arrives on the scene with a specific focus. What is Fiske's focus?

6. Who is Dr. Ambrose Dexter? Why is he important in the story? What does Fiske find when he meets Dexter?

7. Why does the quest for Lang and Urquart seem fruitless and hopeless?

8. What happens when Carson discovers the secret room? Who turns up in the room due to an element of evil activity? Who rids the house of the entity?

9. Who is the protagonist in "The Salem Horror?" What kind of unusual circumstance does the man face when looking for a place to live and work?

10. What happens to the writer's translator friend when he begins to read the Latin text of De Vermis Mysteriis?

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