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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Ned and Mary so interested in living in an isolated location?
(a) They want to avoid questions about their money.
(b) They want peace and quiet to enjoy their new hobbies.
(c) They are very introverted.
(d) They are afraid of the crime associated with larger populations.

2. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?
(a) It was not nearly as lucrative a deal as Ned pretended.
(b) Ned committed a crime in order to make the deal.
(c) Ned's actions caused the mine to go bankrupt.
(d) Ned cheated Bob Elwell in order to make more money from it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Afterward"?

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

3. In Mary's mind, what is the only possible source of information about what has happened to Ned?

4. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?

5. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?

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