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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to McCutchson?
(a) He dies of a fever.
(b) He is killed in a traffic accident.
(c) He is strangled by Otto.
(d) He is killed beneath his truck.

2. Why does George's mother say his Gramma turned toward behavior that caused people to talk?
(a) She was afraid her husband was cheating on her.
(b) She thought she was cursed by God.
(c) She could not carry a baby to term.
(d) She wanted revenge.

3. What leads Thorpe's wife to become frightened of him?
(a) Thorpe's rage.
(b) Thorpe's paranoia.
(c) Thorpe's insecurities.
(d) Thorpe's violence.

4. What is the name of the looking glass?
(a) Mirabella's Looking Glass.
(b) The English Bauble.
(c) Dante's Looking Glass.
(d) DeIvers Looking Glass.

5. How many acres was the land Uncle Otto intended to purchase?
(a) 220.
(b) 4000.
(c) 50.
(d) 18000.

6. Why can't George invoke the name given to him by Aunt Flo?
(a) Gramma has him by the throat.
(b) He forgets the name.
(c) He has lost his voice.
(d) He has a piece of food wedged in his windpipe.

7. What is Henry's original feeling toward Thorpe's Fornits story?
(a) He found it discomfiting.
(b) He found it humorous.
(c) He found it ridiculous.
(d) He found it frightening.

8. What are Fornits?
(a) A creature that had lived in Thorpe's typewriter.
(b) Fairy-like creatures.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Good luck elves.

9. How many people are celebrating in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Three.

10. During what historical period was the looking glass made?
(a) Carolinian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Georgian.

11. What does Nona turn into?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A rat.
(d) A ghost.

12. What is Thorpe's story about?
(a) Murder.
(b) Going crazy.
(c) Losing everything you love.
(d) Intrigue.

13. What is hanging on the blood covered meat hook in the milkman's truck?
(a) A chunk of unidentifiable flesh.
(b) A human hand.
(c) A cb radio.
(d) An air freshener.

14. What items got Gramma fired from her job?
(a) Religious statuary.
(b) Pills.
(c) Coins.
(d) Books.

15. How did Henry kill himself?
(a) Hanging.
(b) By shaking hands with himself.
(c) Overdose.
(d) Electrocution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Richard Pine grow up?

2. Who is Spike?

3. What does Richard lack in "Survivor Type"?

4. What does the milkman discover at the house with the cancellation note?

5. What does Shapiro do while Rand stands mesmerized by the shifting sand?

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