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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Temperance' what does the vampire say Chinese vampires drink instead of blood?
(a) Synthetic blood.
(b) Spinal fluid.
(c) Tears.
(d) V8.

2. Why is the narrator pulled out of the Matrix?
(a) To help stop the rebels.
(b) To pilot a space fighter ship.
(c) He is too aware of the machines' control.
(d) To help them understand the human mind.

3. In 'Pages from a Journal...' for whom is the narrator searching?
(a) Angel.
(b) God.
(c) Scarlet.
(d) An unnamed woman.

4. When the author suddenly finds himself back in the 70s, what happens?
(a) Aliens attack.
(b) The men in black coats try to kill him.
(c) He is recruited by the RAF.
(d) He finds himself married with kids.

5. Why does the narrator not want to go to the party?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) He hates loud music.
(c) He thinks parties are stupid.
(d) He is too shy to talk to girls.

6. What has happened to her people?
(a) Their planet died.
(b) They were attacked by aliens.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They left in search of truth on other worlds.

7. From what does he ask the model to protect him?
(a) His wife's anger.
(b) Being cheated on as he cheated on his wife.
(c) Feeling anything again.
(d) Being taken advantage of.

8. How does the narrator know Vic?
(a) They are next-door neighbors.
(b) They met at a party.
(c) They go to an all-boy's school together.
(d) Their families went on holiday together.

9. What does the professor dream about that night?
(a) Aslan.
(b) Mary Poppins.
(c) Her family.
(d) A new world.

10. How old is Becky and how old is the narrator when he begins seeing her behind his wife's back?
(a) She is twenty, and he is twenty-seven.
(b) She is twenty-four, and he is thirty.
(c) She is eighteen, and he is thirty.
(d) She is thirty, and he is nineteen.

11. In 'The Star,' where does the vampire say that vampires came from originally?
(a) The star constellation Ares.
(b) The sun.
(c) The star constellation Draco.
(d) A very distant planet.

12. What is the only sound left in the garden at the end of the story?
(a) The man taking away a name from another animal.
(b) The man and woman praying.
(c) The woman crying.
(d) God talking to his creatures.

13. What now happens to Missy and Harlequin?
(a) They fight.
(b) They switch roles.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They fall in love.

14. What disguise does Harlequin take in order to speak to Missy?
(a) A man walking his dog.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A newspaper seller.
(d) An old woman.

15. What does the third stage of the disease affect?
(a) Speech and thought.
(b) Physicality.
(c) The lungs.
(d) Strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Disease Maker's Croup affect?

2. In her dream, what does Susan notice about the White Witch?

3. When Eddie checks to see what is making a horrible howling noise, what does he find?

4. What does Greta say makes her angry?

5. What does the narrator mix into the plasticine as he creates his model?

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