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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen discover when she gets back to Mr. Brown's house after seeing James' house?
(a) The house is wrecked.
(b) She is more in love with Mr. Brown than ever.
(c) She can't get in the house.
(d) His house is no longer appealing.

2. What are the two kinds of ghosts according to James?
(a) Gentle and scary.
(b) Old and new.
(c) Those who know they are dead and those who don't know.
(d) Those who need to find their past and those who need to learn their future.

3. Who does Helen see on the street corner as she feels herself pulled back to the grave?
(a) James.
(b) Mr. Brown.
(c) Billy.
(d) The poet.

4. How does Mr. Brown feel after he gets back from James' house?
(a) He feels ill.
(b) He feels like he lost something.
(c) He is proud of his student.
(d) He is exhausted.

5. What does the ghost remember about life after death?
(a) She is transported to a peaceful place.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She remembers attending her own funeral.
(d) It's cold and smothering.

6. What won't Mitch tolerate from James?
(a) Problems.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Excuses.
(d) Sassing.

7. How long have the brothers been doing their ritual?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) Ten years.

8. What does the spirit notice about the young man?
(a) He is praying constantly.
(b) He is calling out to her.
(c) He is extremely handsome.
(d) He is watching her, actually seeing her.

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

10. The ghost remembers all the following regarding her past life except what?
(a) How she died.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her name.
(d) The fact that she is a woman.

11. Where does Mitch drive for their monthly ritual?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) The mall.
(c) St. Jude's.
(d) A restaurant.

12. Where does James go when he is out?
(a) The school.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) To the graveyard.
(d) The movie theater.

13. What is the name of the person Helen cleaves to?
(a) Verna.
(b) Helen.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Ruth.

14. How did Helen feel about her husband when she was alive?
(a) She hated him.
(b) She had a husband, but not a real true love.
(c) She loved him with all her heart.
(d) She respected him, but didn't love him.

15. What reservation does Helen have regarding taking a body?
(a) She is worried about how it will look.
(b) She is concerned about losing her own identity.
(c) She doesn't know how to do it.
(d) She is worried about dealing with past lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helen feel about staying in Mr. Brown's house now that he is having a child?

2. What bothers James about being in Billy's body?

3. How do the people around the girl respond?

4. What does Helen do that impresses James?

5. What happens when the ghost speaks to the boy?

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