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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ghost boy tell Runt his name is?
(a) He doesn't tell him his name.
(b) Max.
(c) Donald.
(d) Dearly.

2. How does the killer know that the detective is on his track?
(a) The detective pretended to be a pipe smoker, but his pipe was brand new and he had no tobacco.
(b) The detective pretended to be American but used a southern accent when he said he was from the north.
(c) The detective pretended to be a fan, but forgot the name of the play.
(d) He has seen the detective before, so he saw straight through his disguise.

3. What does the old man tell them his father used the cages for?
(a) To lock up the dogs he used for hunting.
(b) To lock up the boys when they were naughty.
(c) To keep strange animals in.
(d) To lock up people who trespassed on the land.

4. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?
(a) To go into the farmhouse, so he can stay with Dearly forever as a ghost.
(b) To go to the police to report that there are dangerous things living in the farmhouse.
(c) To take Dearly home with him, so he can haunt his brothers.
(d) To return to his family, who he knows will miss him if he stays with Dearly.

5. When they find a beautiful garden with a stream that looks like a fairy grotto, what does one of the boys do?
(a) He vandalizes it.
(b) He throws rocks in it.
(c) He lies down and falls asleep.
(d) He urinates in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?

2. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?

3. What do the two of them do?

4. Why does Inspector Lestrade visit them?

5. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?

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