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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?
(a) Exaggerated emotion that is difficult to control.
(b) Quickly changing emotions.
(c) The ability to perceive emotion with sharp accuracy.
(d) Bluntness or dulling of emotion.
2. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A letter from Parvis.
(c) A newspaper clipping.
(d) An anonymous note.
3. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?
(a) She realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.
(b) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.
(c) She cannot help being glad that the man who made her husband suffer also suffered.
(d) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.
4. What causes Mary to finally be certain that the ghost was Bob Elwell?
(a) Her visitor recognizes him from her description.
(b) She sees a picture of Elwell.
(c) She reads a letter that Elwell wrote.
(d) Her visitor sees the ghost and knows that it is Elwell.
5. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Parvis.
(c) Alida.
(d) Bob Elwell's widow.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Mary thinks back over the events of October, she sees a figure coming toward the house again. Who is it?
2. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?
3. What did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?
4. When Mary discards her first two ideas about what is bothering Ned, she comes to a conclusion that upsets her. What is it?
5. 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?
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