1. Why does Mary ask the mysterious young man whether he has an appointment with Ned?
(a) She instinctively mistrusts the young man.
(b) She is trying to protect Ned's writing time.
(c) Ned has specifically asked her to turn away visitors.
(d) She is actually not sure that she knows where Ned is at the moment.

2. When section "III" opens, Mary is spending the morning working outdoors. She goes into the area where the "espaliered" pear trees are (89). What kind of pear trees are these?
(a) They are draped with nets to keep the birds away from the fruit.
(b) They are trained to grow flat against the wall.
(c) They are grafted with many different kinds of pears on each tree.
(d) They are miniature pear trees.

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

4. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?
(a) Bob Elwell.
(b) The ghost.
(c) A tourist.
(d) The boiler repairman.

5. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?
(a) She realizes that the timing lines up with the sightings of the ghost.
(b) She cannot help being glad that the man who made her husband suffer also suffered.
(c) She is devastated about how much suffering her husband caused.
(d) She realizes that Ned lied when he told her that everything was resolved.