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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 Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?
(a) She decides that he has finally left her.
(b) She decides that he must have gone for his afternoon walk a little early.
(c) She decides that he must have walked the visitor back to the train station.
(d) She decides that he must have gone into town to run an errand.

2. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
(a) When the boiler repairman asks to speak with him.
(b) When Trimmle comes in to ask her whether she has seen Ned.
(c) When the stranger reappears and asks for him again.
(d) When she tries to find him to tell him that lunch is ready.

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

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

5. When the story refers to "Boyne," who or what is being referred to?
(a) Ned.
(b) The house.
(c) Ned's father.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary searches Ned's desk, to whom does she find he has been writing?

2. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?

3. In the opening of the story, what is Mary waiting for?

4. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?

5. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?

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