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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he returns to the car and finds the man gone, what does the narrator find?
(a) A gun and a wad of money.
(b) The man's clothes, with no sign of their owner.
(c) The typescript of his paper and a book about zombies.
(d) The typescript of his paper and a hotel reservation in New Orleans.

2. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?
(a) To beg him to marry her.
(b) To work as a cook in his kitchen.
(c) To claim her birthright.
(d) To work as a governess for his children.

3. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.
(b) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.
(c) She would like to be in the chair next month.
(d) She doesn't like horror stories.

4. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?
(a) Knock on the playhouse door.
(b) Look inside the window of the playhouse.
(c) Burn the playhouse down.
(d) Go inside the playhouse.

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

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

7. 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 lies down and falls asleep.
(c) He throws rocks in it.
(d) He urinates in it.

8. What is in the eighth room of the circus?
(a) The Box of Wonders.
(b) The Cabinet of Wishes Fulfilled.
(c) The Sword of Truth.
(d) The Chest of Horrors.

9. What does the narrator do the next day?
(a) He presents the professor's paper.
(b) He leaves New Orleans as quickly as he can.
(c) He digs up a grave in the graveyard and finds the body of his friend.
(d) He goes in search of the woman from the bar.

10. What is weird about Miss Finch in the ninth room?
(a) She does not remember who they are.
(b) She seems to be blind.
(c) Her hair and eyes have changed color.
(d) She is wearing a jungle costume.

11. What does Miss Finch do?
(a) She is a biogeologist.
(b) She is a nuclear physicist.
(c) She is a criminal defense lawyer.
(d) She is a surgeon.

12. How did the narrator first meet the detective?
(a) They sat next to each other at the theatre.
(b) He met him in the army.
(c) He was looking for somewhere to live.
(d) The detective consulted him on a case.

13. 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 return to his family, who he knows will miss him if he stays with Dearly.
(c) To go to the police to report that there are dangerous things living in the farmhouse.
(d) To take Dearly home with him, so he can haunt his brothers.

14. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A friendly looking farmhouse with lights on inside.
(c) A creepy-looking abandoned farmhouse.
(d) A police station.

15. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(b) Going to the gym.
(c) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(d) Going to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New Orleans, who does the narrator and another professor meet in a bar?

2. Why are the first two ghost stories unsatisfying?

3. Who is in the car with Mr. Alice when he picks up the narrator at the station?

4. Why did she come to this house instead?

5. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?

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