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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. In which state does the story take place?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) New York.

2. Which of the following is not listed as one of the narrator's favorite authors?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Poe.
(c) Machen.
(d) Baudelaire.

3. What is the name of the man that had been friends with the deceased character?
(a) Feldman.
(b) Fleischman.
(c) Franks.
(d) Fiske.

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

5. What is the name of the mysterious force?
(a) Wendigo.
(b) Lucaroo.
(c) Waldorf.
(d) Goblin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was paid to Old Peter?

2. How old is the narrator?

3. The narrator in The Terror From the Depths is _____ Reuter Fischer.

4. The man describes his inner life as becoming a short of _____ feast.

5. The Burying Ground is located on which street?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In the story Cold Print, the main character is Strutt. Who is Strutt? What is his personality?

4. Who is Albert Wilmarth? Why is he an important part of the story?

5. 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?

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

7. What happens when Cousin Frank Osborne arrives? Who is the first to disappear? What is determined by Willie?

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

9. After Al and Cissie sail off aboard the yacht, they disappear from the scene. What has happened to Al and Cissie?

10. What was unusual about Georg Fischer's father? What unusual tragedies have happened to Georg Fischer's family?

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