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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Afterward"?
(a) Henry James.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Shirley Jackson.
(d) Edith Wharton.

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

3. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?
(a) She asks whether he has given up trying to see the ghost.
(b) She asks him what secret he is keeping from her.
(c) She asks whether it was a good idea to move into this particular house.
(d) She asks whether he is having an affair.

4. When section "III" opens, Mary is spending the morning working outdoors. She goes into the area where the "espaliered" pear trees are (89). What kind of pear trees are these?
(a) They are draped with nets to keep the birds away from the fruit.
(b) They are trained to grow flat against the wall.
(c) They are miniature pear trees.
(d) They are grafted with many different kinds of pears on each tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?

2. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?

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

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

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

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