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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, and Strange Little Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' see that frightens him so much?
(a) A gypsy woman with an unpleasant smile.
(b) A strange shadow that looks like a huge black dog.
(c) The ghost of his friend, who died a month ago.
(d) A vision of the future in which he is dead.

2. What explanation does the detective give for the word 'Rache' being written on the wall at the crime scene?
(a) Rache is the name of a particularly powerful Old One.
(b) Rache means 'revenge' in German.
(c) Rache is the name of a resistance group who fight the Old Ones.
(d) The victim was trying to write the name of his killer - Rachel.

3. What kind of animal joins Miss Finch and then circles around the circus audience?
(a) Aepyornis.
(b) Smilodons.
(c) Pygmy elephants.
(d) Mammoths.

4. In 'The Hidden Chamber' what does the poet tell the reader not to be afraid of?
(a) Himself.
(b) The ghosts in the house.
(c) The butterfly.
(d) The dark.

5. What happens to Miss Finch?
(a) She is killed by the Smilodons.
(b) She walks away into the mist.
(c) She disappears right in front of them.
(d) She joins the circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman from the bar say happened to a young man in New Orleans?

2. Where does a woman from the bar take the narrator?

3. In 'Strange Little Girls' what does the policewoman in 'Monday's Child' find at the school?

4. What happens to the Shahinai man after eight months?

5. When they get to the circus, why is Miss Finch unimpressed?

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