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

2. What does Mary learn about the Blue Star Mine deal from her visitor in section "V"?
(a) Ned committed a crime in order to make the deal.
(b) It was not nearly as lucrative a deal as Ned pretended.
(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) A sensation of chills or prickling down one's back.
(b) A frightening story.
(c) The feeling of "butterflies" in one's stomach.
(d) A teasing remark.

4. What have Mary's new neighbors told her about the ghost?
(a) That it is often absent for long stretches of time.
(b) That she will not know when she sees it.
(c) That it can only be seen at night.
(d) Nothing.

5. When Mary thinks back on the October visit from the mysterious man, she thinks that it "had no mark of the portentous" (86). What does this mean she felt about the visit at the time that it happened?
(a) It did not seem as confusing at the time as it would later become.
(b) It was an obvious breach of etiquette.
(c) It was clearly unlucky.
(d) It did not seem to have any significant meaning for the future.