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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What genre of books did Jim like as a boy?
(a) Romance.
(b) Action and adventure.
(c) Sports fiction.
(d) Science fiction.
2. What does Holly uncover while speaking to Corbett?
(a) Jim's surname is not Ironheart.
(b) Jim lied about his grandma's death.
(c) Jim is twice as old as he said he was.
(d) Jim's parents are still alive.
3. Why does the millpond never dry out or shrink?
(a) It is on top of an artesian well.
(b) People regularly top it up with water.
(c) There is always enough rainfall.
(d) It is being fed by an aquifer.
4. Who wins the game?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Henry Ironheart.
(c) Stewart.
(d) George.
5. What does Jim think madness is?
(a) Feeling certain about sanity.
(b) The essence of uncertainty.
(c) A place of certainty above chaos.
(d) The only thing he can rely on.
6. Why does The Friend act like a little child?
(a) It is the ghost of a dead child.
(b) It is young by alien standards.
(c) Jim created it when he was a child.
(d) To fool Holly and Jim into trusting it.
7. What does Henry hold against his chest?
(a) A picture of Lena.
(b) A picture of Jim.
(c) His left arm.
(d) His right arm.
8. What does Holly use to convince Jim of her hypothesis?
(a) An abundance of kisses.
(b) The answer tablet.
(c) A strong slap to the face.
(d) A gun.
9. Whose poetry comes to Holly when she reenters the windmill?
(a) Louise Tarvohl.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Shakespeare.
10. How does Holly stop The Enemy from swallowing them up in Tivoli Garden?
(a) She slaps Jim in the face.
(b) By ramming her heel down his shin.
(c) She throws cold water over him.
(d) By screaming loudly into his ear.
11. What sound invades the room while Holly speaks with Henry?
(a) A deep rumble.
(b) The whoosh of a windmill.
(c) Birds shrieking.
(d) The voice of Robert Vaughn.
12. What does Holly discover about the librarian?
(a) She harbours a dislike for Jim.
(b) She is not retired.
(c) She is incompetent.
(d) She remembers all of the kids that come through.
13. Why is Jim so tired?
(a) The long drive.
(b) Not enough coffee.
(c) Too much cleaning.
(d) Extreme stress.
14. Why does The Enemy only come in Jim's sleep?
(a) It is afraid of daylight.
(b) Jim can repress it while he is awake.
(c) To prevent him from getting enough sleep.
(d) It is more powerful in the dark.
15. Why does someone with multiple personalty syndrome generate personalities?
(a) To develop superhuman powers.
(b) To cope with fear.
(c) It is fun to talk to different versions of yourself.
(d) No one wants to be their friend.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the police find Jim after the slaughter?
2. What is unusual about Fairs Haven?
3. What revelation does Mrs. Gwynn reveal about Henry Ironheart?
4. What uses a dream as a doorway?
5. What lie does Holly tell Corbett about her relationship to Jim?
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