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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 Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?
(a) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.
(b) She decides that he has finally left her.
(c) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.
(d) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.

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

3. When Mary thinks back on the October visit from the mysterious man, she thinks that it "had no mark of the portentous" (86). What does this mean she felt about the visit at the time that it happened?
(a) It did not seem as confusing at the time as it would later become.
(b) It did not seem to have any significant meaning for the future.
(c) It was an obvious breach of etiquette.
(d) It was clearly unlucky.

4. What does Mary conclude she needs to do in order to see the ghost?
(a) Find out whose ghost it is supposed to be.
(b) Make a habit of speaking out loud to the ghost.
(c) Stop actively looking for it.
(d) Get to know the house better.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ned asks Alida a question about the ghost's "signalement" (84). What is he asking about?

2. What explanation does Ned give Mary at the time of the mysterious visit in October?

3. When Mary finally catches up with Ned on that October day, what is he doing?

4. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?

5. Mary thinks about the "latent" significance of a piece of information on page 83. What kind of meaning does this information have?

(see the answer key)

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