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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Helen been dead?
(a) 85 years.
(b) 131 years.
(c) 732 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. Who is the ghost cleaving to as this story begins?
(a) Mr. Brown.
(b) A playwright.
(c) A poet.
(d) James.

3. What does the spirit do with the students' papers?
(a) She gathers them overnight and stacks them alphabetically.
(b) She makes invisible notes on them.
(c) She makes them fly around the room.
(d) She tears them up randomly.

4. What happens when the ghost speaks to the boy?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He answers.
(c) He runs.
(d) He faints.

5. How does Helen feel about staying in Mr. Brown's house now that he is having a child?
(a) She has to make certain that the wife doesn't have the baby.
(b) She feels like an intruder.
(c) She knows she can help them.
(d) She doesn't care one way or another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spirit notice about the young man?

2. How does Mr. Brown feel after he gets back from James' house?

3. Where do Helen and James go to work together?

4. What does Mr. Brown read to the class?

5. How do Helen and James communicate in class?

(see the answer key)

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