1. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?
(a) Because neither one has any common sense.
(b) Because they are not being practical about their search for a house.
(c) Because they tell Alida a far-fetched story about their previous home.
(d) Because they are clearly deeply in love.

2. For how many years did Ned and Mary live in the American Midwest while Ned worked as an engineer?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 24.
(d) 34.

3. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?
(a) It must be "bought out of an exhibition."
(b) It must be "thoroughly uncomfortable."
(c) It must be "practical."
(d) It must be "a registered home."

4. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
(a) Mary recognizes that Alida is probably jealous of their good fortune and is trying to hide it.
(b) Alida is laughing along, but Mary suspects that for some reason Alida does not find the subject as funny as everyone else does.
(c) Mary has only just realized that Alida is using this discussion as an opportunity to make fun of Mary and Ned.
(d) Mary suspects that Alida feels embarrassed because she is lying about the ghost.

5. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?
(a) She cannot help being glad that the man who made her husband suffer also suffered.
(b) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.
(c) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.
(d) She realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.