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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.
(c) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.
(d) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.

2. In Mary's mind, what is the only possible source of information about what has happened to Ned?
(a) Lyng.
(b) Ned's papers.
(c) Parvis.
(d) Trimmle.

3. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?
(a) Ned quickly moves to block her view.
(b) The sun is behind the man.
(c) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.
(d) Her eyesight is not very good.

4. When the story opens, in which room of her house is Mary waiting?
(a) The front parlor.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The library.
(d) The dining room.

5. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?
(a) Finishing his lunch.
(b) In town on an errand.
(c) Working in his office.
(d) Taking a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?

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

3. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?

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

5. What did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?

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