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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 is Mr. Otis's oldest son good at doing?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Writing.

2. What does Mr. Otis say he will welcome to his new house?
(a) Historical background.
(b) Privacy.
(c) The ghost.
(d) A reputation.

3. 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.

4. What is the ghost trying to do when the crash in the hall happened?
(a) Make a loud crash.
(b) Wear his suit of armor.
(c) Find some more dye.
(d) Load his pistol.

5. Who does the item that crashed in the hall belong to?
(a) The ghost.
(b) Mr. Otis.
(c) The ghost's wife.
(d) Lord Canterville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who murdered the woman who caused the blood stain?

3. What causes Mrs. Umey to faint?

4. What is found in the library after the storm?

5. What is knocked over to cause the large crash in the hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Washington do after admitting that the ghost is real?

2. What does Virginia tell her husband when he asks what happened the day the ghost died?

3. Why does Lord Canterville refuse to take the jewels that the ghost gave Virginia?

4. What does the ghost plan to do to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

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

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

7. What does the ghost steal from Mr. Otis's room? Why?

8. Why does the ghost think he could fit inside the suit of armor in the hall?

9. Where does the bloodstain in the library come from?

10. How does the Duke's uncle die?

(see the answer keys)

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