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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Pangbourne.
(b) Boyne.
(c) Lyng.
(d) Merton.
2. In the opening of the story, what is Mary waiting for?
(a) She is waiting for the mail to be brought in.
(b) She is waiting for Ned to arrive.
(c) She is waiting for the lamps to be brought in.
(d) She is waiting for dinner to be announced.
3. When Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?
(a) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.
(b) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.
(c) She decides that he has finally left her.
(d) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.
4. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?
(a) He asks if she knows how long "afterward" it is when people realize they have seen the ghost.
(b) He asks if Mary remembers seeing the ghost in October.
(c) He asks if the mysterious stranger has come back to the house at any point.
(d) He asks if she ever wonders exactly how he made the money they used to buy the house.
5. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
(a) He walked with a limp.
(b) He wore foreign clothing.
(c) He had an unusual hat.
(d) He was not very tall.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?
2. When Mary thinks back on the October visit from the mysterious man, she thinks that it "had no mark of the portentous" (86). What does this mean she felt about the visit at the time that it happened?
3. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?
4. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?
5. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
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