1. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?
(a) The ability to perceive emotion with sharp accuracy.
(b) Quickly changing emotions.
(c) Bluntness or dulling of emotion.
(d) Exaggerated emotion that is difficult to control.

2. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?
(a) She asks whether he is having an affair.
(b) She asks him what secret he is keeping from her.
(c) She asks whether he has given up trying to see the ghost.
(d) She asks whether it was a good idea to move into this particular house.

3. When Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?
(a) She decides that he has finally left her.
(b) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.
(c) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.
(d) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.

4. In section "III," when Mary looks at the house from across the property, what does she feel about the house?
(a) That it is like a kindly older person that keeps secrets for the good of others.
(b) That it seems to be laughing at her, somehow, almost mockingly.
(c) That is is like an evil creature squatting in the landcape.
(d) That it seems to be trying to communicate something urgent to her.

5. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
(a) Mary recognizes that Alida is probably jealous of their good fortune and is trying to hide it.
(b) Mary has only just realized that Alida is using this discussion as an opportunity to make fun of Mary and Ned.
(c) Mary suspects that Alida feels embarrassed because she is lying about the ghost.
(d) Alida is laughing along, but Mary suspects that for some reason Alida does not find the subject as funny as everyone else does.