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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Messenger.
(d) Cook.

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

3. What does the Otis family do after they come to a strange conclusion about the strange thing in the library?
(a) They go for a drive.
(b) They hire a new housekeeper.
(c) They go to church.
(d) They go for a walk.

4. What does the family begin to believe after the strange thing in the library keeps reappearing?
(a) Mrs. Umney is playing a trick on them.
(b) There might be a ghost.
(c) There is a hole in the roof.
(d) The postman is delivering mail to the wrong place.

5. How does Mr. Otis describe his wife?
(a) Beautiful and high maintenance.
(b) Good looking with good health.
(c) Good natured and sweet.
(d) Small and sickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is the strange thing in the library usually found?

2. What does the ghost do with the item that Mr. Otis gives him?

3. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?

4. What is the name of Mr. Otis's oldest son?

5. What is Mr. Otis's daughter doing when she is proposed to?

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