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

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

3. Mary thinks about the "latent" significance of a piece of information on page 83. What kind of meaning does this information have?
(a) Meaning that was always there but takes time to emerge.
(b) Meaning that reveals a hidden aspect of the speaker.
(c) Meaning that seems positive at first but later reveals a negative side.
(d) Meaning that stays with a person and is hard to "shake."

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

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