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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 did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?
(a) There is a recently replaced section.
(b) It has a hidden walkway.
(c) It has one more chimney than they have fireplaces inside.
(d) It appears to be a different color over the library.
2. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?
(a) She realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.
(b) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.
(c) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.
(d) She cannot help being glad that the man who made her husband suffer also suffered.
3. Why does Mary ask the mysterious young man whether he has an appointment with Ned?
(a) Ned has specifically asked her to turn away visitors.
(b) She is actually not sure that she knows where Ned is at the moment.
(c) She instinctively mistrusts the young man.
(d) She is trying to protect Ned's writing time.
4. In Mary's mind, what is the only possible source of information about what has happened to Ned?
(a) Trimmle.
(b) Lyng.
(c) Parvis.
(d) Ned's papers.
5. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?
(a) Ned's father.
(b) Ned.
(c) Mary.
(d) The house.
Short Answer 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?
2. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?
3. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?
4. When Mary discards her first two ideas about what is bothering Ned, she comes to a conclusion that upsets her. What is it?
5. For the past week, what has Mary been assuming is the cause for Ned's need to be alone and his odd mood?
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