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

2. Who is the author of "Afterward"?
(a) O. Henry.
(b) Shirley Jackson.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Henry James.

3. When Mary searches Ned's desk, to whom does she find he has been writing?
(a) Alida Stair.
(b) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(c) Parvis.
(d) Bob Elwell.

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

5. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?
(a) It can assume a physical form.
(b) It can come and go--it is not "bound" to the house itself.
(c) No one knows they have seen it until quite a while after they actually see it.
(d) It can take different forms depending on who is living in the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?

3. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?

4. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?

5. For how many years did Ned and Mary live in the American Midwest while Ned worked as an engineer?

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