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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. After Florence's attack, who does Lionel tell Edith he is going to call?
(a) The chauffeur.
(b) An ambulance.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Deustch.

2. What did Florence's brother, David, die from?
(a) Spinal meningitis.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Traffic accident.

3. What does Ben notice through an opening he made in the wine cellar wall?
(a) A gun.
(b) A rope.
(c) A crystal.
(d) A book.

4. What does Florence do in the chapel when she awakens after Lionel's phone call?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Calls for Daniel.
(c) Kills the cat.
(d) Destroys the Bible.

5. What does Ben tell Edith to do to keep her from wandering away from her husband?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Lock herself in her room.
(c) Take a sleeping pill.
(d) Tie her wrist to the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lionel ask Ben to verify after the Reversor completes its cycle?

2. What has happened to Florence after her experience in the wine cellar?

3. What happens to the wall in the wine cellar when Ben removes the item he has uncovered?

4. What are the initials on the item that Florence finds on the body in the wine cellar?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Florence's sitting after finding Daniel Belasco so important?

2. Ben and Lionel believe that Florence has created the ghost of Daniel Belasco. Florence vehemently denies this until she is struck with a sudden, painful memory. What is that memory, and who has she come to believe the ghost of Daniel Belasco really is?

3. Describe Daniel Belasco's exhumation and reburial.

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?

9. 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?

10. What does Daniel tell Florence that Lionel's machine will do? What does he tell her he needs in order to leave?

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