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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?

2. In 'Strange Little Girls' in the story 'Bonnie's Mother,' what has happened to Bonnie's mother?

3. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?

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

5. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the things that happen to the character Amelia Earnshawe in 'Forbidden Brides...'

2. What do the characters in 'Strange Little Girls' have in common?

3. Describe the character of the detective in 'A Study in Emerald.'

4. In 'The Faery Reel,' what kind of place is fairyland?

5. Why does the poet cast aside all his possessions and his old life in the poem 'Going Wodwo'?

6. Why do you think the narrator gives up his old life, and why does he pretend to be the professor?

7. Describe the character of Mr. Alice.

8. Why do you think the double bass allows him to play beautiful music this one time?

9. Do you think the gypsy woman in 'The Flints of Memory Lane' is a ghost? Did the boy imagine it all?

10. In 'Keepsakes and Treasures' how does the narrator's background explain the person he is today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of reality and fiction in these stories and poems. What are the differences between real life and stories? Why does the author keep returning to this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss vampires in the short story collection 'Fifteen Painted Cards From a Vampire Tarot.' How are vampires portrayed? What different kinds of vampires appear in the stories? Can vampires be viewed as symbols or metaphors for anything? Why is vampire fiction so popular?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss lessons in the stories and poems in this collection. Which poems and stories contain a moral? What kinds of morals or lessons are taught, and are they repeated in different stories? Do you think this is the author's own view?

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