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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"
(a) The dream of acquisition.
(b) The hope of fortune.
(c) A job.
(d) A family.

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

4. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?
(a) The color of the walls.
(b) The authorship of the pictures.
(c) The styles of the furniture.
(d) The favorite haunts of the ghost.

5. What words does the narrator use to describe the items being shown to the visitors of the house?
(a) Drab and bleek.
(b) Fine and intrinsic.
(c) Bright and colorful.
(d) Cheap and tawdry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does May tell John they actually met?

2. What is May's last name?

3. What does John say was the reason he was at the house in Chapter 1?

4. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?

5. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?

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