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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 word does Mr. Otis use to describe his twin boys?

2. What are the names of the Otis twins?

3. What do the Otises do to try and keep the blood stain from reappearing?

4. What is Mr. Otis's profession?

5. What scares the ghost when he is trying to scare Mrs. Otis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the scariest part of the Friday night plan? Why?

3. What does Virginia do when she tears her dress?

4. What does the ghost say when Virginia reprimands him for killing his wife?

5. What does Mr. Otis do when the ghost's chains wake him up?

6. How does Virginia describe what she sees when she gets to the sewing room to fix her dress?

7. What does Mrs. Otis do after admitting that the ghost is real?

8. What happened when the Dowager Duchess and her maids see the ghost?

9. What does the ghost give Virginia in exchange for helping him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes? How does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

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

England and America are contrasted a few times in this book. Choose a character and write about how that character felt about America and England, and why they felt this way.

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