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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail does the narrator relate as evidence of how much Ned and Mary have yearned for a life like the one they have in England?
(a) They were discussing a move to England even before they got married.
(b) They made an agreement with one another that they would do "anything" it took to make their dream come true.
(c) They had a map of England pinned over their kitchen table at their old house in America.
(d) They had already pre-planned every detail of how they would spend their days.

2. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
(a) When the boiler repairman asks to speak with him.
(b) When the stranger reappears and asks for him again.
(c) When she tries to find him to tell him that lunch is ready.
(d) When Trimmle comes in to ask her whether she has seen Ned.

3. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?
(a) A frightening story.
(b) A teasing remark.
(c) A sensation of chills or prickling down one's back.
(d) The feeling of "butterflies" in one's stomach.

4. From what period is Ned and Mary's new home?
(a) Regency.
(b) Georgian.
(c) Tudor.
(d) Edwardian.

5. Why is Mary unsure what Ned has or has not already told her about Beb Elwell?
(a) Because she does not pay much attention when he talks about work.
(b) Because the Bob Elwell story is very similar to another incident in their past.
(c) Because Ned has a habit of lying about what he has or has not told her.
(d) Because ever since they moved into the house, her memory is getting weaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section "III," when Mary looks at the house from across the property, what does she feel about the house?

2. When Mary thinks back on the October visit from the mysterious man, she thinks that it "had no mark of the portentous" (86). What does this mean she felt about the visit at the time that it happened?

3. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?

4. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?

5. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?

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