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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Otis's profession?

2. What did the person most scared of the ghost do?

3. Which of the following is NOT a nickname the ghost has been given in the past?

4. What is the name of Mr. Otis's only daughter?

5. Where is the house that Mr. Otis buys at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Otis think happened to Virginia when he first heard she is missing?

2. What happens when the ghost attempts to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

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

4. What does the Otis family talk about at dinner after they admit that the ghost is real?

5. What happens on September 19?

6. What does the oldest Otis son say when he is told the bloodstain cannot be cleaned?

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

8. What do the Otises all respond to what Mrs. Umney says when she wakes up from her faint?

9. What does Virginia ask to keep? How does Mr. Otis react to this request?

10. Why does nobody worry about Virginia when she does not come to tea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might the author have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in the plot. What are some of the best examples of this theme? How does the presence of this theme affect the outcome of this book?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets? How does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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