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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. What appears after the bell on the table rings?
(a) A screaming, writhing apparition.
(b) The face of a devil.
(c) A small, indefinable ball of light.
(d) A figure reaching for Edith.
2. What illness did Lionel have when he was twelve?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Polio.
(d) Influenza..
3. How is the fog described when the group first approaches the house?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) A blinding blanket of white.
(c) A churning sea of cotton.
(d) A sea of curdled milk.
4. What did Deutch's representative bring to Hell House at the beginning of Part Four?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) A generator.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A cat.
5. What causes the thing that appears after the bell rings to disappear?
(a) It goes into the cat.
(b) Edith screams.
(c) Another figure reclaims it.
(d) Florence comes out of the trance.
Short Answer Questions
1. What hovers above the water beneath the bridge?
2. What does Ben say the fog was to Emeric Belasco?
3. What is the first problem the group runs into in Hell House?
4. What does Barrett make his wife promise?
5. How long does Florence Tanner say she will be gone?
Short Essay Questions
1. Hell House is said to have reached the pinnacle of evil in 1928. What sort of events were said to occur that year?
2. Who is Florence Tanner, and what is her role in the group going to Hell House? What has she been promised for her participation?
3. Why is Florence unable to enter the chapel in Hell House?
4. How did Ben support himself after the first experience at Hell House? Why did he follow this particular path?
5. Barrett seems unsure about whether he should accept the job offered by Deutsch. Why is he unsure, and why does he eventually agree to it?
6. How does Florence react to the steam room and wine cellar? What seems to trigger her reactions, and what does she say will "cure" the house?
7. Why does Lionel Barrett bring his wife, Edith, with him when she has no training in parapsychology or physics?
8. What is the first paranormal sign seen? Who sees it? What does Barrett attribute it to?
9. Florence leaves the first sitting frustrated and a bit afraid. What happens to her when she gets out of the shower?
10. What is on the list that Edith finds, and why does it disturb her so much?
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