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

2. What happens to the sky as the Otises approach their new house?
(a) It is filled with billowing clouds.
(b) It brightens up.
(c) It becomes dark.
(d) It pours rain in one spot.

3. What is Mr. Otis's profession?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Writer.
(c) Contractor.
(d) Minister.

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

5. What does Mr. Otis say he will do if the chains wake him up again?
(a) Replace them with new ones.
(b) Throw them away.
(c) Lubricate them himself.
(d) Take them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange color does the blood stain appear to be one day?

2. What causes Mrs. Umey to faint?

3. What does Mr. Otis say about the twins throwing pillows at the ghost?

4. Who proposes to Mr. Otis's daughter?

5. How long has the ghost been dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the man who caused the bloodstain in the library?

2. How does the ghost pan to scare Virginia in his Friday plan?

3. What happens when the ghost tries to curse the Otis Family?

4. What happens when Virginia is found after all the efforts to search for her?

5. When does Lord Canterville say the ghost appears? What is Mr. Otis's response to this?

6. What does Lord Canterville say might happen if he takes the jewels from Virginia?

7. What happens when the ghost is about to begin his plan to scare Washington on Friday?

8. Why does the ghost decide to talk to the thing that interrupts his plan to scare Washington?

9. How does the ghost ask Virginia to help him? Why?

10. What are some of the disguises the ghost has used in his haunting career?

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