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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 the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?
(a) A tourist.
(b) Bob Elwell.
(c) The ghost.
(d) The boiler repairman.

3. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
(a) The greenhouse boiler breaks.
(b) She and Ned climb Meldon Steep.
(c) One of the housemaids quits.
(d) She receives a letter from Alida Stair.

4. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
(a) Alida.
(b) Parvis.
(c) Bob Elwell's widow.
(d) Hugo.

5. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?
(a) Ned's actions caused the mine to go bankrupt.
(b) It was not nearly as lucrative a deal as Ned pretended.
(c) Ned cheated Bob Elwell in order to make more money from it.
(d) Ned committed a crime in order to make the deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?

3. When the story opens, in which room of her house is Mary waiting?

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

5. What does Mary conclude she needs to do in order to see the ghost?

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