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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) It has one more chimney than they have fireplaces inside.
(b) There is a recently replaced section.
(c) It has a hidden walkway.
(d) It appears to be a different color over the library.

2. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
(a) It is their cousin Hugo.
(b) It is the ghost.
(c) It is one of their workmen.
(d) It is a friend of Timmle's.

3. What is Ned's joking theory about why the ghost is so hard to see?
(a) It will not see you without an appointment.
(b) It has too much competition from other "ghostly" things.
(c) It is shy.
(d) The house is deliberately keeping them from seeing its ghost.

4. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?
(a) Ned's father.
(b) The house.
(c) Mary.
(d) Ned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mary unsure what Ned has or has not already told her about Beb Elwell?

2. What have Mary's new neighbors told her about the ghost?

3. Which character opens the story on page 83 by saying "Oh, there is one, of course, but you'll never know it"?

4. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?

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

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