1. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?
(a) She is dizzy and has to move carefully.
(b) One of the heels of her shoes has come loose.
(c) Ned tells her not to follow him.
(d) She is too frightened of the ghost to move, at first.

2. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?
(a) With herself.
(b) With the house and its ghost.
(c) With Ned.
(d) With Ned's business affairs.

3. 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?
(a) He asks if the mysterious stranger has come back to the house at any point.
(b) He asks if she knows how long "afterward" it is when people realize they have seen the ghost.
(c) He asks if Mary remembers seeing the ghost in October.
(d) He asks if she ever wonders exactly how he made the money they used to buy the house.

4. What detail does the narrator relate as evidence of how much Ned and Mary have yearned for a life like the one they have in England?
(a) They were discussing a move to England even before they got married.
(b) They made an agreement with one another that they would do "anything" it took to make their dream come true.
(c) They had already pre-planned every detail of how they would spend their days.
(d) They had a map of England pinned over their kitchen table at their old house in America.

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