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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
(a) He had an unusual hat.
(b) He walked with a limp.
(c) He was not very tall.
(d) He wore foreign clothing.

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

3. What does Ned's motive seem to be when he first brings up the subject of whether the house has a ghost?
(a) He thinks that living in a "haunted" house will add to his reputation as a writer.
(b) He is looking for an excuse to back out of buying the house.
(c) He is trying to frighten Mary.
(d) He is joking about how old the house is.

4. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Boyne.
(b) Merton.
(c) Lyng.
(d) Pangbourne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?

2. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?

3. What aspect of the house does Alida mention that finally convinces Ned and Mary that it is as old as they are hoping?

4. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?

5. What is Ned's joking theory about why the ghost is so hard to see?

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