1. When Mary tells Ned what she has learned from her mail, how does Ned react?
(a) He looks guilty and immediately leaves the room.
(b) He snatches the mail from her and throws it into the fire.
(c) He relaxes and tells her it is nothing to worry about.
(d) He gets angry at her and asks whether she trusts him.

2. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?
(a) A frightening story.
(b) A sensation of chills or prickling down one's back.
(c) A teasing remark.
(d) The feeling of "butterflies" in one's stomach.

3. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?
(a) Their own hatred for the American Midwest.
(b) New places always seem attractive at first.
(c) Its small size.
(d) Its history.

4. 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) Her eyesight is not very good.
(c) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.
(d) The sun is behind the man.

5. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
(a) Mary recognizes that Alida is probably jealous of their good fortune and is trying to hide it.
(b) Mary suspects that Alida feels embarrassed because she is lying about the ghost.
(c) Alida is laughing along, but Mary suspects that for some reason Alida does not find the subject as funny as everyone else does.
(d) Mary has only just realized that Alida is using this discussion as an opportunity to make fun of Mary and Ned.