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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ned asks Alida a question about the ghost's "signalement" (84). What is he asking about?
(a) Its background.
(b) Its movements and habits.
(c) Its physical description.
(d) Its motivations.

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

3. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?
(a) A letter from Parvis.
(b) A newspaper clipping.
(c) An anonymous note.
(d) A photograph.

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

5. For the past week, what has Mary been assuming is the cause for Ned's need to be alone and his odd mood?
(a) She thinks that he misses having a regular job to go to.
(b) She thinks that his book is not going very well.
(c) She thinks that he regrets moving to England.
(d) She thinks that he has seen the ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary finally catches up with Ned on that October day, what is he doing?

2. What does Ned's motive seem to be when he first brings up the subject of whether the house has a ghost?

3. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?

4. In Mary's mind, what is the only possible source of information about what has happened to Ned?

5. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?

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