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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the older lighthouse keeper in "The Fog Horn?"
(a) McMann.
(b) McGuffin.
(c) McDougal.
(d) McDunn.

2. What is the name of the Captain in "Mars Is Heaven?"
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

3. What causes the boy to think he is invisible?
(a) Fortune teller.
(b) Imagination.
(c) No reflection.
(d) Potion.

4. What is the name of the boy's hometown?
(a) Scatter Town.
(b) Masonville.
(c) Brookville.
(d) Mellin Town.

5. What is Miss Haight's profession?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Traveling sales.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

6. What is the surname of the protagonist's next door neighbor?
(a) Giles.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Brabbam.
(d) Barnaby.

7. What part of the explorers' bodies is removed?
(a) Head.
(b) Liver.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brain.

8. What is the name of the story's narrator?
(a) Sam.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Charlie.

9. How old is the character?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

10. What reason are the explorers killed in "The City?"
(a) Revenge.
(b) Murder.
(c) Trespassing.
(d) Insulting residents.

11. What is the surname of the character?
(a) Tunney.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Marsh.

12. How old is the boy?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

13. In "The Off Season" what is the name of the couple that opens a store?
(a) Sam and Elma.
(b) Walter and Ceci.
(c) Richard and Genevieve.
(d) Timothy and Einar.

14. What type of pet is kept by the boy?
(a) Cat.
(b) Spider.
(c) Rat.
(d) Gerbil.

15. What is the name of the widower in "The Playground?"
(a) Utterson.
(b) Underhill.
(c) Unger.
(d) Uberti.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy remembers his friend _____ who had died the previous summer.

2. What is unusual about the center of the sun in "The Golden Apples of the Sun?"

3. Which medical instrument does the doctor carry in the final scene of "The Small Assassin?"

4. What is the name of the person in charge of the group?

5. What time of day is significant to the women in "Embroidery?"

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