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

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)?
(a) Mary recognizes that Alida is probably jealous of their good fortune and is trying to hide it.
(b) Alida is laughing along, but Mary suspects that for some reason Alida does not find the subject as funny as everyone else does.
(c) Mary suspects that Alida feels embarrassed because she is lying about the ghost.
(d) Mary has only just realized that Alida is using this discussion as an opportunity to make fun of Mary and Ned.

3. 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 whether it was a good idea to move into this particular house.
(c) She asks him what secret he is keeping from her.
(d) She asks whether he has given up trying to see the ghost.

4. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?
(a) Their own hatred for the American Midwest.
(b) Its history.
(c) Its small size.
(d) New places always seem attractive at first.

5. 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 into town to run an errand.
(b) She decides that he has finally left her.
(c) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.
(d) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.