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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Merton.
(b) Pangbourne.
(c) Lyng.
(d) Boyne.

2. When Mary tells Ned what she has learned from her mail, how does Ned react?
(a) He looks guilty and immediately leaves the room.
(b) He relaxes and tells her it is nothing to worry about.
(c) He snatches the mail from her and throws it into the fire.
(d) He gets angry at her and asks whether she trusts him.

3. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?
(a) It must be "practical."
(b) It must be "bought out of an exhibition."
(c) It must be "thoroughly uncomfortable."
(d) It must be "a registered home."

4. Why does Mary believe that people should not talk about seeing ghosts?
(a) It makes people wonder about your sanity.
(b) It frightens the ghosts away.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is bad manners.

5. 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) The ability to perceive emotion with sharp accuracy.
(c) Quickly changing emotions.
(d) Bluntness or dulling of emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?

2. As Mary thinks back over the events of October, she sees a figure coming toward the house again. Who is it?

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

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

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

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