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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?
(a) Exaggerated emotion that is difficult to control.
(b) Bluntness or dulling of emotion.
(c) The ability to perceive emotion with sharp accuracy.
(d) Quickly changing emotions.

2. Why does Mary believe that people should not talk about seeing ghosts?
(a) It makes people wonder about your sanity.
(b) It is bad manners.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It frightens the ghosts away.

3. When Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?
(a) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.
(b) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.
(c) She decides that he has finally left her.
(d) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.

4. As Mary thinks back over the events of October, she sees a figure coming toward the house again. Who is it?
(a) Ned.
(b) The boiler repairman.
(c) The ghost.
(d) The letter carrier, delivering their mail.

5. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
(a) The death of their cousin Hugo.
(b) The Blue Star Mine.
(c) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(d) Ned's engineering job.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?

2. 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)?

3. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?

4. What does Mary suddenly remember finding one day in October?

5. When Mary discards her first two ideas about what is bothering Ned, she comes to a conclusion that upsets her. What is it?

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