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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ghost stop doing after his Friday plan fails?
(a) Maintaining the blood stain.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Plotting out his revenge.
(d) Clanging his chains.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reaction people have had when seeing the ghost?
(a) Running out of the house.
(b) Falling down stairs.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Having fits.

3. Who blocks the ghost's path on the stairs when he gets scared on September 19th?
(a) The twins.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Mrs. Otis.
(d) Washington.

4. What did the person most scared of the ghost do?
(a) Hung himself.
(b) Shot himself.
(c) Slit his wrists.
(d) Jumped out a window.

5. Why is Mr. Otis told not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It is far from town.
(c) It is small and old.
(d) It is haunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Otis's daughter good at doing?

2. How long has the ghost been dead?

3. What is the name of Mr. Otis's only daughter?

4. What does the family eat when they return to their house after coming to a conclusion about the strange thing in the library?

5. What does the family begin to believe after the strange thing in the library keeps reappearing?

(see the answer key)

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