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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
(a) She and Ned climb Meldon Steep.
(b) One of the housemaids quits.
(c) The greenhouse boiler breaks.
(d) She receives a letter from Alida Stair.

2. Ned asks Alida a question about the ghost's "signalement" (84). What is he asking about?
(a) Its background.
(b) Its physical description.
(c) Its motivations.
(d) Its movements and habits.

3. 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) The death of their cousin Hugo.
(c) Ned's engineering job.
(d) The Blue Star Mine.

4. Why is Mary unsure what Ned has or has not already told her about Beb Elwell?
(a) Because she does not pay much attention when he talks about work.
(b) Because ever since they moved into the house, her memory is getting weaker.
(c) Because the Bob Elwell story is very similar to another incident in their past.
(d) Because Ned has a habit of lying about what he has or has not told her.

5. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
(a) It is their cousin Hugo.
(b) It is the ghost.
(c) It is a friend of Timmle's.
(d) It is one of their workmen.

6. What does Mary suddenly remember finding one day in October?
(a) A book on the house's history.
(b) A mysterious portrait.
(c) A hidden staircase.
(d) A letter addressed to a previous occupant of the house.

7. What did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?
(a) It has one more chimney than they have fireplaces inside.
(b) There is a recently replaced section.
(c) It has a hidden walkway.
(d) It appears to be a different color over the library.

8. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
(a) When the stranger reappears and asks for him again.
(b) When she tries to find him to tell him that lunch is ready.
(c) When Trimmle comes in to ask her whether she has seen Ned.
(d) When the boiler repairman asks to speak with him.

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

10. 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 has finally left her.
(c) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.
(d) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.

11. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?
(a) It must be "thoroughly uncomfortable."
(b) It must be "a registered home."
(c) It must be "practical."
(d) It must be "bought out of an exhibition."

12. What explanation does Ned give Mary at the time of the mysterious visit in October?
(a) It was Peters, the man working on their stable drains.
(b) It was the boyfriend of Trimmle, the parlor maid.
(c) He refuses to talk about the incident.
(d) It was a tourist who had heard stories about their ghost.

13. Mary thinks about the "latent" significance of a piece of information on page 83. What kind of meaning does this information have?
(a) Meaning that was always there but takes time to emerge.
(b) Meaning that reveals a hidden aspect of the speaker.
(c) Meaning that stays with a person and is hard to "shake."
(d) Meaning that seems positive at first but later reveals a negative side.

14. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?
(a) A sensation of chills or prickling down one's back.
(b) The feeling of "butterflies" in one's stomach.
(c) A teasing remark.
(d) A frightening story.

15. When Mary tells Ned what she has learned from her mail, how does Ned react?
(a) He looks guilty and immediately leaves the room.
(b) He gets angry at her and asks whether she trusts him.
(c) He snatches the mail from her and throws it into the fire.
(d) He relaxes and tells her it is nothing to worry about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ned's joking theory about why the ghost is so hard to see?

2. When Mary discards her first two ideas about what is bothering Ned, she comes to a conclusion that upsets her. What is it?

3. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?

4. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?

5. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?

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