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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 can't Florence sleep in Part Five?
(a) She can't resolve how to help Daniel.
(b) She is afraid that the cat will return.
(c) She isn't tired.
(d) She is terrified of the dark.

2. What happened to Grace Lauter, who came to the house to free the spirits of what she thought were two sisters?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She was killed when she fell down the stairs.
(c) She cut her own throat.
(d) She drowned herself.

3. What happens when Florence comes out of the trance after finding the body in the wine cellar?
(a) She falls off the bed, breaking her ankle.
(b) Florence can't move.
(c) Daniel is still there.
(d) The cat viciously attacks her.

4. Florence claims that she was attacked by whom/what at the beginning of Chapter 30?
(a) Emeric Belasco.
(b) The cat.
(c) Daniel Belasco.
(d) Ben.

5. What does Florence say she needs to let her body become as she tries to help Daniel?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A temple.
(d) A conduit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florence pray for in Part Five?

2. Who sits with Florence after her horrible experience in her room leaves her catatonic?

3. What is Ben using as a tool in his excavation efforts in Part Five?

4. What happens when Lionel checks the Reversor after Ben leaves?

5. What does Florence find on the body in the wine cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ben's reaction to Lionel's accusation that Deutsch is wasting one-third of his money?

2. To whom does Ben compare Florence's belief that Daniel haunts Hell House, and what happened to that person?

3. What happens forty-five minutes after Lionel starts the Reversor, and why does he tell Ben that he needs Ben's presence in the house?

4. Lionel's concern for the health of Florence and Ben leads him to call Deutsch's man for medical help, preferably an ambulance. What does Lionel learn during that call?

5. How does Lionel behave after his attack in the steam room, and how does he rationalize the experience?

6. What does Lionel do to keep Edith from wandering off while he is asleep? How does this make Edith feel at first? How does it make her feel later?

7. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?

8. Lionel and Edith have an awkward moment in the steam room, and Edith leaves hastily, slamming the door behind her. What happens to Lionel after he is abandoned in the steam room?

9. What does Daniel make Florence do after he forces her to wet the bed? How does Florence regain some control?

10. At 6:47 a.m. on December 23, 1970, Florence once again seems to be the victim of the ghost's violence. Her scream cuts the early morning air. What happens to her, and what are her companions' opinions of the incident?

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