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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 does Mr. Dubbs's brother warn his still-living siblings about?
(a) He warns them against listening to the weather man.
(b) He warns that a dark blue suit and argyle socks were a bad idea.
(c) He warns that a storm is coming and they won't be in Kansas anymore.
(d) He warns them not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

2. How much money is Flossie blackmailing Word for?
(a) $100.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $100,000.

3. What year does Dr. Twelge claim was a popular year for spirits to leave their bodies and go to India?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1902.

4. What are the pests on a quest for in "The Predators"?
(a) A buttered roll.
(b) A new ant hill.
(c) Making a new web.
(d) Storing up nuts for the winter.

5. What is coming out of Woody's ears towards the end of "Selections from the Allen Notebooks"?
(a) Hair.
(b) Music.
(c) Scrolls.
(d) Tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Berte do when she hears that Henrick has left for Oslo?

2. Which of the following things has Albert Sykes's spirit left his body to go off and do on its own?

3. Who is Mrs. Sanstand supposedly a representation of?

4. What is Kaiser's role in this story?

5. What type of civil disobedience is Allen describing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader derive about ghosts or spirits by reading "Examining Psychic Phenomena"?

2. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

3. What are some of the worries or anxieties that Woody shares in the opening section of the book?

4. Who are Netta and Dorf and what do they represent?

5. What is the story of the young woman and the housefly in "The Predators"?

6. What does the author state about a hunger strike?

7. Why does Berte kill herself?

8. What advice does Allen offer in "On Frugality"?

9. What does the shepherd find in the caves and what do experts think of this discovery?

10. What is Sigmund's relationship with Justine and Yvette?

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