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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 walked the visitor back to the train station.
(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 gone for his afternoon walk a little early.

2. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?
(a) With Ned's business affairs.
(b) With herself.
(c) With Ned.
(d) With the house and its ghost.

3. For how many years did Ned and Mary live in the American Midwest while Ned worked as an engineer?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 34.

4. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?
(a) She is dizzy and has to move carefully.
(b) One of the heels of her shoes has come loose.
(c) Ned tells her not to follow him.
(d) She is too frightened of the ghost to move, at first.

5. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
(a) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(b) Ned's engineering job.
(c) The death of their cousin Hugo.
(d) The Blue Star Mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?

2. 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)?

3. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?

4. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?

5. In section "III," when Mary looks at the house from across the property, what does she feel about the house?

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