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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 does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
(a) When she tries to find him to tell him that lunch is ready.
(b) When the boiler repairman asks to speak with him.
(c) When Trimmle comes in to ask her whether she has seen Ned.
(d) When the stranger reappears and asks for him again.
2. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?
(a) Ned cheated Bob Elwell in order to make more money from it.
(b) Ned committed a crime in order to make the deal.
(c) Ned's actions caused the mine to go bankrupt.
(d) It was not nearly as lucrative a deal as Ned pretended.
3. When the story opens, in which room of her house is Mary waiting?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The library.
(c) The front parlor.
(d) The dining room.
4. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?
(a) A tourist.
(b) The boiler repairman.
(c) Bob Elwell.
(d) The ghost.
5. What aspect of the house does Alida mention that finally convinces Ned and Mary that it is as old as they are hoping?
(a) It has a very unreliable water supply.
(b) It is in the official register of historic homes.
(c) It has no central heating system.
(d) It has no electrical system.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
2. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
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?
4. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?
5. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?
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