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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are left in the wake of Mallon's fingertips as he runs them along the wall in "Mallon The Guru"?
(a) Yellow light.
(b) Blue light.
(c) Green light.
(d) Red light.

2. What is the name of Abe's wife in "Weights and Measures"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Wanda.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Anna.

3. What holiday is it the next morning in the story "Unbelief"?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas.

4. What does the protagonist's wife ask him after he confesses to his actions in "Blood"?
(a) If he's called the police.
(b) What's wrong with him.
(c) If he's seen a doctor.
(d) What it was like.

5. Who is born with a curved spine and a chest that caves in on itself in "Fossil-Figures"?
(a) Elmer.
(b) Elwood.
(c) Edward.
(d) Edgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Adeline shoot in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"?

2. Where does Abe go to cry so his wife won't hear him in "Weights and Measures"?

3. What is the protagonist's wife's name in "Blood"?

4. What does Abe gradually do throughout "Weights and Measures"?

5. Who challenges Juvenal to find her pet in "Juvenal Nyx"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fisherman do to the woman he sees at the grocery store in "Catch and Release"?

2. How does the dwarf trick Calum in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? Why?

3. Who gives Juvenal his name in "Juvenal Nyx"? How are their encounters described?

4. How does Juvenal begin his new life as a child of the night in "Juvenal Nyx"?

5. How do the actions of the protagonist develop over time in "Blood"? What is the outcome of the story?

6. Why does Thor enlist Lukas' help in "Wildfire in Manhattan"? What does Lukas do?

7. How long do the visits come nightly to Juvenal in "Juvenal Nyx"? What is he left with when his "creator" leaves him?

8. How are the pledges described in the story "Loser"?

9. Where do the villagers take Mallon in "Mallon The Guru"? What do they ask him to do?

10. What does Tom confess to Deel while hunting in "The Stars are Falling"? What happens next?

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