The Chaser Review

The love potion is the most valuable thing the old man sells.

• True
• False

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Life cleaner and glove cleaner are...

• similes for his potion
• metaphors for his potion
• personification
• symbols

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Is the old man encouraging Alan or warning him?

• Encouraging him to buy the love potion.
• Warning him against buying the love potion.

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Alan believes the love potion sounds...

• like a bad idea.
• like the perfect solution to his problem.

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"Here is a liquid as colourless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine or any other beverage.  It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy."
This is an example of...

• flashback
• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• allusion

What is the purpose of describing the other potion as a "life-cleaner"?

• The old man is saying Alan's life will start over again in childhood.
• The old man is implying that the potion will kill Diana 
• The old man is implying that Diana will forget who he is and he can move on with his life.
• The old man is saying that the potion will kill Alan.

The protagonist is

• Alan Austen
• the old man
• Diana
• a kitten

The mood/tone of the story is

• happy and upbeat
• mysterious
• fast paced and excited
• slow and sad

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Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten... is an example of...

• metaphor
• simile
• conflict
• personification

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What is the author's purpose in describing Alan as "as nervous as a kitten"?

• He is fuzzy and playful.
• He is young and jumpy.
• He is cute and sleepy.

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