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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Theo react to Luke?
(a) Theo tell Luke not to waste his time, she is taken.
(b) Theo responds to his flirting.
(c) Theo teases Luke.
(d) Theo brushes Luke off.

2. Who greets the women when they return to the house?
(a) Luke
(b) Mrs. Dudley
(c) Arthur
(d) Dr. Montague

3. What does Dr. Montague warn Eleanor not to talk about if she stops in Hillsdale?
(a) Dr. Montague's investigation
(b) The Crain family
(c) Hill House
(d) Ghost stories

4. What is odd about the drawing room?
(a) The huge portrait of Crain.
(b) The odd paintings throughout the room.
(c) The huge baroque style statue.
(d) The tree growing through its center.

5. Who provides directions to Hill House?
(a) Theodora
(b) Eleanor
(c) Luke
(d) Dr. Montague

6. Why does Dr. Montague believe the doors swing shut on their own?
(a) Because a ghost is pushing them closed.
(b) Because the architect was inferior, causing many irregularties in the house's structure.
(c) Because the doors were hung improperly.
(d) Because every angle in the house is irregular.

7. Why does Dr. Montague invite Theodora to be his assistant?
(a) Theodora had an experience with poltergeist as a child.
(b) Theodora lived in a haunted house as a child.
(c) Theodora is psychic.
(d) Theodora owns the house Dr. Montague is investigating.

8. When does Dr. Montague suggest Eleanor should leave the house?
(a) If she begins to feel uneasy.
(b) If she is frightened.
(c) If trouble begins to take place.
(d) If she feels the house latching onto her.

9. What surprises Theo about the position of Hill House?
(a) That it is so far from town.
(b) That it is set so far back from the main gate.
(c) That it is on top of the hills, rather than protected in the middle of them.
(d) That it is between the hills rather than on top.

10. What quote comes to Eleanor's mind when she reaches the front door?
(a) Journeys end at the iron knocker.
(b) Journeys begin at the front door.
(c) Journeys end with lovers meeting.
(d) Journeys begin with lover meeting.

11. Who offers to pray for Eleanor?
(a) The waitress in Hillsdale
(b) The little girl in the restaurant
(c) An old woman she accidentally knocked over
(d) Her sister

12. Why does the party get lost on the way to dinner?
(a) They do not know the house well enough to find their way.
(b) Mrs. Dudley has come behind them and shut off all the lights.
(c) The doors keep closing, blocking off the light.
(d) The house is so oddly designed, no one could possibly find their way.

13. Why does Eleanor stop for coffee in Hillsdale?
(a) To ask about Dr. Montague
(b) To prolong her journey
(c) To ask about the local night life
(d) To ask questions about Hill House

14. What is Eleanor's prevailing emotion as she is left alone in her room?
(a) Fear
(b) Happiness
(c) Sadness
(d) Anticipation

15. What did Eleanor buy for this trip to Hill House?
(a) A new hairbrush
(b) A new jacket
(c) A new suitcase
(d) A new sweater and matching sandals

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Montague's doctorate is in __________________.

2. What noise do Theo and Eleanor hear?

3. What does Dr. Montague claim to be?

4. What do Theo and Eleanor think will disappoint Mrs. Dudley?

5. How does Luke introduce himself?

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