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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 reveals a hidden aspect of the speaker.
(b) Meaning that seems positive at first but later reveals a negative side.
(c) Meaning that stays with a person and is hard to "shake."
(d) Meaning that was always there but takes time to emerge.

2. 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 appears to be a different color over the library.
(d) It has a hidden walkway.

3. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?
(a) Her husband is a criminal.
(b) Bob Elwell is dead.
(c) Her husband is being sued.
(d) All of their money is gone.

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) One of the heels of her shoes has come loose.
(b) She is dizzy and has to move carefully.
(c) She is too frightened of the ghost to move, at first.
(d) Ned tells her not to follow him.

5. Who is the author of "Afterward"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Henry James.
(c) O. Henry.
(d) Shirley Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary ask the mysterious young man whether he has an appointment with Ned?

2. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?

3. Why does Mary believe that people should not talk about seeing ghosts?

4. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?

5. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alida Stair tell the Boynes about Lyng?

2. What does Mary remember happening earlier in the day in October when she and Ned first climbed Meldon Steep?

3. What horrifying chain of events does Mary understand once she sees Bob Elwell's picture?

4. After she finds out that he has gone out with the mysterious man and not yet returned, why is Mary immediately alarmed?

5. What do the Boynes tell Alida Stair about why Lyng's drawbacks are not problems from their point of view?

6. What do Mary and Ned plan to do with their time at Lyng?

7. What does Ned tell Mary about the Blue Star lawsuit?

8. What draws the Boynes to England?

9. How has Ned's mood changed on the morning after he and Mary first discussed the Blue Star lawsuit, and what does Mary believe changed his mood?

10. How does the narrator describe the life that the Boynes had in America?

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