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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 does Mary suddenly remember finding one day in October?
(a) A mysterious portrait.
(b) A hidden staircase.
(c) A letter addressed to a previous occupant of the house.
(d) A book on the house's history.

2. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
(a) One of the housemaids quits.
(b) The greenhouse boiler breaks.
(c) She and Ned climb Meldon Steep.
(d) She receives a letter from Alida Stair.

3. In Mary's mind, what is the only possible source of information about what has happened to Ned?
(a) Trimmle.
(b) Ned's papers.
(c) Parvis.
(d) Lyng.

4. 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 relaxes and tells her it is nothing to worry about.
(c) He gets angry at her and asks whether she trusts him.
(d) He snatches the mail from her and throws it into the fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?

2. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?

3. Ned asks Alida a question about the ghost's "signalement" (84). What is he asking about?

4. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?

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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