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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who tells Mr. Otis not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?
(a) His friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) His children.
(d) His parents.
2. Where does the ghost sleep?
(a) A secret room.
(b) The attic.
(c) An old elevator shaft.
(d) The library.
3. What is the ghost trying to do when the crash in the hall happened?
(a) Make a loud crash.
(b) Find some more dye.
(c) Wear his suit of armor.
(d) Load his pistol.
4. How old is Mr. Otis's daughter?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.
5. What has the ghost never failed to do before as a ghost?
(a) Anger the people he is haunting.
(b) Deliver his message.
(c) Terrify someone.
(d) Scare people away.
6. What does Mr. Otis do after speaking to the ghost for the first time?
(a) Faints.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Goes to sleep.
(d) Reads a book.
7. What is the only thing the ghost leaves his room for in the few days after the crash in the hall?
(a) The bloodstain.
(b) The storm.
(c) The sunset.
(d) The sunrise.
8. What does the ghost do with the item that Mr. Otis gives him?
(a) Drinks it.
(b) Smashes it.
(c) Throws it out the window.
(d) Rips it to shreds.
9. What do the twins do when they see the ghost sitting injured in a chair?
(a) Shoot rubber bands at him.
(b) Get their pea shooters.
(c) Throw pillows again.
(d) Laugh at his pain.
10. Where does Mrs. Otis find a bloodstain in her new house?
(a) The library.
(b) The hall.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The kitchen.
11. Who murdered the woman who caused the blood stain?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her brother.
12. What happens to the sky as the Otises approach their new house?
(a) It is filled with billowing clouds.
(b) It pours rain in one spot.
(c) It becomes dark.
(d) It brightens up.
13. What is mysterious about the blood stain that Mrs. Otis finds?
(a) It is a strange color.
(b) It cannot be removed.
(c) It gets bigger and smaller.
(d) It never lightens up.
14. What time does Mr. Otis wake up the first time he hears the ghost?
(a) 1:30 am.
(b) 12:30 am.
(c) 1:00 am.
(d) Midnight.
15. What is Mr. Otis annoyed about the morning after his first encounter with the ghost?
(a) He did not introduce himself.
(b) He did not come to breakfast as invited.
(c) He left very rudely.
(d) He did not accept the lubricant.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the ghost escape from the twins when they first see him?
2. Who does the ghost plan to be for the twins on Friday?
3. For how many days does the strange thing in the library reappear?
4. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?
5. What is found in the library after the storm?
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