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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 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 cheated Bob Elwell in order to make more money from it.
(c) Ned committed a crime in order to make the deal.
(d) Ned's actions caused the mine to go bankrupt.

2. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?
(a) Quickly changing emotions.
(b) Bluntness or dulling of emotion.
(c) Exaggerated emotion that is difficult to control.
(d) The ability to perceive emotion with sharp accuracy.

3. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?
(a) Her eyesight is not very good.
(b) The sun is behind the man.
(c) Ned quickly moves to block her view.
(d) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.

4. When Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?
(a) He rushes to her side to comfort her.
(b) He quietly tells her to sit back down.
(c) He looks cornered and guilty.
(d) He laughs loudly and tells her to stop being dramatic.

5. When Mary is waiting in the library at the beginning of the story, where is Ned?
(a) Working in his office.
(b) Finishing his lunch.
(c) Taking a walk.
(d) In town on an errand.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?

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

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

4. In section "III," when Mary looks at the house from across the property, what does she feel about the house?

5. What does Ned's motive seem to be when he first brings up the subject of whether the house has a ghost?

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