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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 is written on the paper the narrator finds in "A School Story"?
(a) "Teachers are the best thing ever."
(b) "I bite."
(c) "If you don't come to me, I'll come to you."
(d) "Study hard."

2. Who did Mr. Garrett see looking for the Tractate Middoth earlier?
(a) A child.
(b) A parson.
(c) A woman.
(d) A teacher.

3. What does Collins warn the Anstruthers about the rose garden?
(a) Weeds will kill the roses.
(b) Roses don't grow in winter.
(c) No one likes roses.
(d) They are planting in the wrong spot.

4. What goal was Magnus De la Gardie trying to obtain according to Mr. Wraxall's research?
(a) Run a 5k.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Long life.
(d) Power.

5. Who tells Parkins he saw someone in his hotel window?
(a) The maid.
(b) His friend.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Williams work?

2. Where did Mr. Wraxall travel on his last trip?

3. What does Parkins realize is wrong with the figure that appears in his room?

4. What are the Englishman's friends not interested in studying in "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook"?

5. In "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," what king's photo is in the scrapbook?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Parkins, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

3. What happens to John Eldred, at the end of "The Tractate Middoth"? What happens to Mr. Garrett?

4. What do Mrs. Anstruther and Frank see in the rose garden that scares them?

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

6. What happens to Mr. Wraxall after he views Count Magnus's tomb?

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

8. What is the Tractate Middoth?

9. Who is Master Sampson, and what does he carry with him?

10. Describe how the painting changes, in "The Mezzotint"?

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