1. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
(a) Ned's engineering job.
(b) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(c) The Blue Star Mine.
(d) The death of their cousin Hugo.

2. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?
(a) Trimmle has been standing in the doorway, eavesdropping.
(b) Ned's face has changed and he looks completely himself again.
(c) Ned is staring in horror out the library window.
(d) Somehow, all of the lamps have been blown out at once.

3. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?
(a) Ned quickly moves to block her view.
(b) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.
(c) The sun is behind the man.
(d) Her eyesight is not very good.

4. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?
(a) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.
(b) She cannot help being glad that the man who made her husband suffer also suffered.
(c) She realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.
(d) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.

5. In the opening of the story, what is Mary waiting for?
(a) She is waiting for the mail to be brought in.
(b) She is waiting for the lamps to be brought in.
(c) She is waiting for dinner to be announced.
(d) She is waiting for Ned to arrive.