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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was always there but takes time to emerge.
(c) Meaning that reveals a hidden aspect of the speaker.
(d) Meaning that seems positive at first but later reveals a negative side.

2. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?
(a) He asks if she knows how long "afterward" it is when people realize they have seen the ghost.
(b) He asks if Mary remembers seeing the ghost in October.
(c) He asks if she ever wonders exactly how he made the money they used to buy the house.
(d) He asks if the mysterious stranger has come back to the house at any point.

3. When Mary searches Ned's desk, to whom does she find he has been writing?
(a) Alida Stair.
(b) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(c) Bob Elwell.
(d) Parvis.

4. What have Mary's new neighbors told her about the ghost?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That it can only be seen at night.
(c) That it is often absent for long stretches of time.
(d) That she will not know when she sees it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?

3. What causes Mary to finally be certain that the ghost was Bob Elwell?

4. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?

5. From what period is Ned and Mary's new home?

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