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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
(a) Mary recognizes that Alida is probably jealous of their good fortune and is trying to hide it.
(b) Mary has only just realized that Alida is using this discussion as an opportunity to make fun of Mary and Ned.
(c) Alida is laughing along, but Mary suspects that for some reason Alida does not find the subject as funny as everyone else does.
(d) Mary suspects that Alida feels embarrassed because she is lying about the ghost.

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

3. What explanation does Ned give Mary at the time of the mysterious visit in October?
(a) He refuses to talk about the incident.
(b) It was Peters, the man working on their stable drains.
(c) It was a tourist who had heard stories about their ghost.
(d) It was the boyfriend of Trimmle, the parlor maid.

4. What causes Mary to finally be certain that the ghost was Bob Elwell?
(a) She reads a letter that Elwell wrote.
(b) She sees a picture of Elwell.
(c) Her visitor recognizes him from her description.
(d) Her visitor sees the ghost and knows that it is Elwell.

5. 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?
(a) They made an agreement with one another that they would do "anything" it took to make their dream come true.
(b) They had already pre-planned every detail of how they would spend their days.
(c) They were discussing a move to England even before they got married.
(d) They had a map of England pinned over their kitchen table at their old house in America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?

3. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?

4. In the opening of the story, what is Mary waiting for?

5. When Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?

(see the answer key)

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