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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does May ask the narrator three times at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) "Is it soon?"
(b) "Are you ready?"
(c) "Are you afraid?"
(d) "Has it passed?"

2. What was over the chimney in the room where John and May begin their conversation in Chapter 1?
(a) A portrait.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A cross.
(d) A wreath.

3. What does John say caused the gap to fill up and supplied the missing link?
(a) His secret.
(b) Laughter.
(c) May's voice.
(d) Food.

4. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The great rooms.
(c) The grounds.
(d) The attic.

5. What "invoked, invited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had?"
(a) The future.
(b) The truth.
(c) The present.
(d) The past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than when May takes her aunt to town, what is the other occasion in which John is able to see her during their visits in Chapter 2?

2. Where does May tell John they actually met?

3. What does John say "opened his mouth betimes" and "would count a compensation and profit?"

4. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?

5. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

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