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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. Somerton ask his friend to do when he arrives at the church?
(a) Notify his next of kin.
(b) Raise his child.
(c) Put something back for him.
(d) Take over his business.

2. Why does Mr. Anderson invite the landlord to his room?
(a) To pay his bill.
(b) For a nightcap.
(c) To prove room 13 exists.
(d) To lend him a book.

3. What does Frank hear while standing near the rose garden?
(a) A giggle.
(b) A train.
(c) A trial.
(d) A news report.

4. What color does the Englishman notice concerning the caretaker while at S. Bertrand Church?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

5. In what town does Parkins work?
(a) Hartlow.
(b) Burnstow.
(c) Bingum.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A School Story," what happens to the writing on the paper the narrator finds?

2. What appears in the Englishman's room after he buys Canon Alberic's scrapbook?

3. What pilgrimage did Magnus De la Gardie go on?

4. Where is the hotel in "Number 13" located?

5. How does the caretaker at S. Bertrand Church act around the Englishman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Wraxall from the story, Count Magnus.

2. Why does Mr. Somerton's servant summon Mr. Gregory, in "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"? What does Mr. Gregory do for Mr. Somerton ?

3. What does Mr. Wraxall learn about Count Magnus?

4. What is the Tractate Middoth?

5. What is Abbot Thomas's treasure? Where is it located?

6. What happens when Mr. Somerton finds Abbot Thomas' treasure? How does he fix what happens?

7. What painting does Mr. Williams think Dennistoun would like, in "The Mezzotint"? What does Dennistoun think of the painting?

8. How does Mr. Anderson's room change, in "Number 13"?

9. Whom does Mr. Garrett meet at the lodging house that helps him solve the mystery of the Tractate Middoth? How does this person help?

10. Why does Collins try to warn Mrs. Anstruther not to plant her rose garden in the chosen location?

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