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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during the storm?
(a) A window breaks.
(b) The power goes out.
(c) The attic floods.
(d) Nothing.

2. What strange color does the blood stain appear to be one day?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Black.

3. What is the name of the house that Mr. Otis buys at the beginning of the book?
(a) Canterville Chase.
(b) Cranburshire Cove.
(c) Castlewood Cross.
(d) Canterbury Castle.

4. What kind of weapon does the Ghost include in his Friday ensemble?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A sword.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A guillotine.

5. How long has the ghost been dead?
(a) 300 years.
(b) 350 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 250 years.

6. What does Mr. Otis say he does not believe in?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Pergatory.
(d) God.

7. Who proposes to Mr. Otis's daughter?
(a) The Earl of Eastlake.
(b) The Duke of Cheshire.
(c) The Earl of Westmore.
(d) The Duke of Edrington.

8. What is the name of Mr. Otis's only daughter?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Violet.
(d) Victoria.

9. What item does Mr. Otis give the ghost the first time he sees him?
(a) Some window tape.
(b) A bottle of lubricator.
(c) A cup of water.
(d) A pillow.

10. What does Mr. Otis do after speaking to the ghost for the first time?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Goes to sleep.
(c) Faints.
(d) Laughs.

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

12. How old is Mr. Otis's daughter?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

13. What is knocked over to cause the large crash in the hall?
(a) A picture frame.
(b) A suit of armor.
(c) A large box.
(d) A chest of drawers.

14. How does the ghost escape from the twins when they first see him?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He floats through the ceiling.
(c) He sinks through the floor.
(d) He vanishes through a wall.

15. What is found in the library after the storm?
(a) A new picture.
(b) A death certificate.
(c) A dead crow.
(d) The blood stain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the ghost leaves his room for in the few days after the crash in the hall?

2. What happens to the sky as the Otises approach their new house?

3. Who finds the strange thing in the library after the storm?

4. What do the twins do when they see the ghost sitting injured in a chair?

5. Why is Mr. Otis told not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?

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