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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. Why does Theo make jokes with Eleanor?
(a) To distract her while Theo steals her clothes.
(b) To take her mind off of the noises in the house.
(c) To help her overcome her fear.
(d) To make friends.

2. What does Eleanor dislike her sister for?
(a) Not allowing her to have a new suitcase
(b) Not allowing her to take the car
(c) Not helping with her mother
(d) Not giving her a room of her own

3. How does Eleanor introduce herself?
(a) As a nurse
(b) As a caretaker
(c) As an artist's model
(d) As an unemployed actress

4. Why does Dr. Montague invite Luke Sanderson to the house?
(a) Luke's family owns the house.
(b) Luke had an experience with poltergeist as a child.
(c) Luke is psychic.
(d) Luke lived in a haunted house as a child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Theo's window not above the front door as it should be?

2. How does Theo react to Luke?

3. How does Dr. Montague treat Luke?

4. What guards the entrance to the nursery?

5. How many children did Hugh Crain have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Montague say he expects of his assistants during the summer?

2. Why does everyone claim to be someone different than they are as they make introductions?

3. From whom did Dr. Montague hear about Hill House?

4. How does Dr. Montague treat Luke Sanderson?

5. What is significant about Hill House?

6. What quote comes to Eleanor's mind when she walks up to the front door the first time?

7. Who gets lost on their way to breakfast? Why?

8. What is unusual about the design of Hill House overall?

9. Who is Luke Sanderson?

10. What surprises Eleanor the next morning?

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