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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. How old is the boy?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

2. How many men gather together in a deep conversation in "Long After Midnight?"
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. What is the surname of the family in "The October Game?"
(a) Grasso.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Baker.
(d) Wilder.

4. What is the name of the man found murdered n the story "And So Died Riabouchinska?"
(a) Lapham.
(b) Auffman.
(c) Riabouchinska.
(d) Ockham.

5. What childhood game is played in "Gotcha!?"
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Hopscotch.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) Tag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the protagonist in "A Piece of Wood?"

2. "The Terrible Conflagration up at the Place" is set in which country?

3. The practice originated in which country?

4. Tomorrow's Child" is set in which year?

5. The man wants to correct wrongs that were cast upon him when he was ______ years old.

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Happiness Machine" Leo Auffmann invents a happiness machine. Describe the machine and was it does for the users. Also examine the opinion of Mrs. Auffmann.

2. Who uses "The Black Ferris" as a means of manipulation? How and why is this feat enacted?

3. Describe the plot used in "Fever Dream."

4. Describe the plot in "A Story of Love."

5. "Night Call, Collect" tells the story of which character? What is the character's problem?

6. What is the plan put into motion by Doug in "The Utterly Perfect Murder?" What is the outcome?

7. What is the purpose of the exhumations in "The Tombling Day?" What happens to one of the bodies?

8. Explain the difference between the two men at the beach in "The Shoreline at Sunset."

9. In "Tyrannosaurus Rex" a movie producer hires a modeler to create a stop-motion dinosaur. What is the unusual outcome of the project?

10. Discuss the plot of n "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit." Who is involved? What do the people learn?

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