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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 Mr. Garrett's occupation?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Painter.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Dentist.

2. What does Dennistoun decide not to publish in "The Mezzotint"?
(a) Photos of David Beckham.
(b) His first novel.
(c) His experience looking at art.
(d) His experiences with the occult.

3. What language does school master Sampson try to teach the boys in "A School Story"?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Latin.
(d) Spanish.

4. What do the boys see the night before school master Sampson disappears?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A gold dove.
(c) Someone sneaking into his room.
(d) A witch.

5. What happened to the artist after he had finished the painting?
(a) He married his sister.
(b) He became famous.
(c) He cut off his ear.
(d) He died.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town does Parkins work?

2. How does the maid respond to Mr. Anderson when he asks about his missing item?

3. What happens when Parkins blows the whistle, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

4. What is written on the paper the narrator finds in "A School Story"?

5. What is the Tractate Middoth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the two men discuss, at the start of "A School Story "?

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

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

4. Where does Dennistoun lock the painting away? What does Mr. Dennistoun's servant see in the painting?

5. Why is Mr. Anderson in Jutland Viborg, in "Number 13"?

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

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

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

9. What does Parkins dream about the night he finds the metal object? What does the maid tell him the next day?

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

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