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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" Chapter I

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Devil's Reef sits above the water most of the time.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What happens in the town of Innsmouth  during the Winter of 1927-28?

a)

The Feds raid Innsmouth.

b)

A submarine launches torpedoes at Devil's Reef.

c)

The Feds blow up buildings on the Innsmouth waterfront with Dynamite.

d)

All of these

3.

The narrator visits Innsmouth in the Winter of 1927-28

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Innsmouth's exports are

a)

buses and ships

b)

fish and gold

c)

fish and chips

d)

gold and ships

5.

When the narrator goes to discuss his route with the Ticket Salesman where is he traveling from and what is his destination?

a)

Newburyport to Innsmouth

b)

Arkham to Kingsport

c)

Arkham to Boston

d)

Newburyport to Arkham

6.

People from outside of Innsmouth suspect Captain Obed Marsh of what?

a)

Being awesome!

b)

being a shrewd businessman

c)

Piracy

d)

making a deal with the devil and conducting Satanic rites

7.

The ticket salesman tells the narrator that people don't like Innsmouthers because  _______?

a)

they smell funny

b)

of race prejudice

c)

they're poor

d)

because Innsmouthers don't like other people

8.

Why is the narrator traveling through New England?

a)

Celebrating his coming of age

b)

He's visiting family

c)

Restaurant Tour

d)

Going on a college visit

e)

All of these

9.

The Narrator's name is Robert Olmstead.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where does Miss Tilton think the gold tiara comes from?

a)

Obed Marsh's pirate treasure

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Indo-China

d)

Fiji

11.

Why does the narrator not take the steam train to Arkham?

a)

It costs too much

b)

He is interested in seeing Innsmouth

c)

He plans to drive

d)

There are no more tickets

e)

He prefers to travel by motor coach (bus)

12.

The churches and societies in Innsmouth have been driven out and replaced by_________.

a)

Captain Marsh's crew

b)

Muslims

c)

the YMCA

d)

the Esoteric Order of Dagon

e)

Dollar General

13.

After seeing the internment camps and prisons that people were shipped off to, the liberal organizations complaining about their treatment increased their efforts to stop the government's tyranny. 

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Lovecraft prefers archaic spellings of some words such as gaol and shew.

a)

Aye

b)

Nay

15.

The ticket salesman calls the people from Innsmouth "__________."

a)

the quintessence of beauty

b)

devout Christians

c)

shrewd businessmen

d)

white-trash