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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. Where does Dennistoun return to at the start of "The Mezzotint"?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) United States.

2. Where does Mr. Williams lock the painting?
(a) A drawer.
(b) His car.
(c) The attic.
(d) A friend's house.

3. What type of writing does the Englishman see in the Canon Alberic's scrapbook?
(a) Strange.
(b) Hieroglyphics.
(c) Invisible ink.
(d) Messy.

4. What does Mr. Anderson notice about the room number on his door after he goes to retrieve a book?
(a) It changed to 12.
(b) It disappeared.
(c) It changed to 13.
(d) It is upsidedown.

5. Why does the landlord tell Mr. Anderson there is no room 13?
(a) It burned down.
(b) The architect made an error.
(c) People like even numbered rooms.
(d) People are superstitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Somerton ask his friend to do when he arrives at the church?

2. What does the landlord tell Mr. Wraxall that men saw in the woods during the time of the count?

3. In "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas," why does Mr. Somerton's servant write a letter?

4. What is the Tractate Middoth?

5. Where does Mr. Williams work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What the city of Chorazin, and how does Mr. Wraxall learn about it?

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

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

7. What happens when Mr. Garrett goes to look for the Tractate Middoth a second time?

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

9. What does Parkins think about the metal object he finds, in ""Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"? What does the object look like?

10. What does Mr. Somerton do for a living, and how does it lead him to the treasure of Abbot Thomas?

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