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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ned asks Alida a question about the ghost's "signalement" (84). What is he asking about?
(a) Its motivations.
(b) Its physical description.
(c) Its background.
(d) Its movements and habits.

4. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?
(a) Because they are not being practical about their search for a house.
(b) Because they tell Alida a far-fetched story about their previous home.
(c) Because they are clearly deeply in love.
(d) Because neither one has any common sense.

5. When Mary searches Ned's desk, to whom does she find he has been writing?
(a) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(b) Parvis.
(c) Bob Elwell.
(d) Alida Stair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?

2. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?

3. In the opening of the story, what is Mary waiting for?

4. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?

5. What causes Mary to finally be certain that the ghost was Bob Elwell?

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