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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 was the occupation of the person who was most afraid after seeing the ghost?

2. What are the names of the Otis twins?

3. What is Mr. Otis's profession?

4. What has the ghost never failed to do before as a ghost?

5. Why does the ghost keep to his room for a few days after the crash in the hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the ghost do after Mr. Otis speaks to him for the first time?

3. What does Mrs. Otis do after she sees the cause of the crash in the hall? How does the ghost respond to this?

4. What does the ghost say is the hardest part about being a ghost?

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

6. What pranks do the twins play on the ghost after his Friday night plan fails?

7. What does Mrs. Umney say when she wakes from her faint?

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

9. How is the ghost maintaining the bloodstain in the library?

10. Where do Mr. Otis and the Duke search for Virginia?

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

Despair is an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by despair? How does this change the course of the plot branches they are involved in?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships? How does their inclusion in this play affect the outcome of the plot?

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