1. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?
(a) With herself.
(b) With the house and its ghost.
(c) With Ned.
(d) With Ned's business affairs.

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

3. Mary thinks about the "latent" significance of a piece of information on page 83. What kind of meaning does this information have?
(a) Meaning that stays with a person and is hard to "shake."
(b) Meaning that seems positive at first but later reveals a negative side.
(c) Meaning that reveals a hidden aspect of the speaker.
(d) Meaning that was always there but takes time to emerge.

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

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