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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 Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?
(a) He rushes to her side to comfort her.
(b) He looks cornered and guilty.
(c) He quietly tells her to sit back down.
(d) He laughs loudly and tells her to stop being dramatic.

2. Where is Mary and Ned's house located?
(a) Dorsetshire.
(b) Shropshire.
(c) Kent.
(d) Devon.

3. 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) The house is deliberately keeping them from seeing its ghost.
(c) It has too much competition from other "ghostly" things.
(d) It is shy.

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

5. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?
(a) Ned.
(b) Mary.
(c) The house.
(d) Ned's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?

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

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

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. Which character opens the story on page 83 by saying "Oh, there is one, of course, but you'll never know it"?

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