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'Long After Midnight' Bradbury

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Long After Midnight Bradbury game quiz
"This is a book of short stories. I have picked out five. All Bradbury stories have a twist at the end, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying. Each story has two questions."

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1. Who in this world would go all the way to Cuba to steal 'The Parrot Who Met Papa' from a bar?
    Ray Bradbury
    Truman Capote
    Ernest 'Papa' Hemingway
    Shelly Capon


2. What statement about El Cordoba the parrot is false?
    It spoke fluent French.
    It was a very unattractive bird.
    The bird spoke in Papa's voice.
    Hemingway had taught it his last book.


3. Why does Doug believe that killing Ralph Underhill would be 'The Utterly Perfect Murder'?
    It would pay Ralph back.
    He hasn't seen Ralph in 36 years.
    All of these.
    Doug could put the past behind him.


4. When Doug reaches his old hometown and finally faces Ralph, what does Doug find?
    Small, thin-haired man prematurely aged by illness
    An average man, no better or worse than himself
    Handsome, articulate man, sorry for his bullying ways
    The burly bully of his nightmares.


5. At the Halloween party in 'October Game', what does Marion's father say he is passing around to the children in the dark?
    Worms and creepy-crawlies
    Entrails of a cat
    Toad's intestines and eyes of newt
    A witch's body parts


6. After the game has gone on for a while, Louise begins screaming a phrase over and over? What is it?
    Turn on the lights!
    Don't hand me anything else!
    Stop the game!
    Don't turn on the lights!


7. In 'Have I Got A Chocolate Bar For You' what can Father Malley smell through the screen when the young man comes to confession?
    Cigarette smoke
    Whiskey
    All of these
    Chocolate


8. Years later the young man leaves Father Malley a gift blessed by the Pope. What does he give the priest?
    Crucifix
    Chocolate bar
    Bottle of wine
    Rosary


9. It is 'Long After Midnight' when the police and ambulance arrive at the cliff overlooking the sea. What do they find down at the palisades?
    A girl's body hanging by the neck
    A middle-aged woman with her head bashed in
    The washed-up body of an elderly woman
    A young man knifed several times


10. The young policeman named Latting finds something very strange about the body. What is it?
    There isn't any blood in the body.
    The arms are coverd in claw marks.
    The throat was ripped out
    The girl was actually a male.


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Compiled May 22 13