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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what period is Ned and Mary's new home?
(a) Edwardian.
(b) Regency.
(c) Tudor.
(d) Georgian.

2. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
(a) The Blue Star Mine.
(b) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(c) The death of their cousin Hugo.
(d) Ned's engineering job.

3. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
(a) Parvis.
(b) Alida.
(c) Bob Elwell's widow.
(d) Hugo.

4. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
(a) The greenhouse boiler breaks.
(b) She and Ned climb Meldon Steep.
(c) She receives a letter from Alida Stair.
(d) One of the housemaids quits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?

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

3. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?

4. Where is Mary and Ned's house located?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the life that the Boynes had in America?

2. What is the name of Ned's book, and what is the thematic significance of this title?

3. What does Ned tell Mary about the Blue Star lawsuit?

4. After she finds out that he has gone out with the mysterious man and not yet returned, why is Mary immediately alarmed?

5. In the narrative present at the beginning of the story, where is Mary and what is she doing?

6. How has Ned's mood changed on the morning after he and Mary first discussed the Blue Star lawsuit, and what does Mary believe changed his mood?

7. What news does Mary learn from a newspaper clipping that someone sends her in the mail, and why is she so upset by it?

8. What happens with the mysterious visitor on the day that Ned disappears?

9. What strange conclusion does Mary come to about the relationship of the ghost to the house, Lyng?

10. What does Mary remember happening earlier in the day in October when she and Ned first climbed Meldon Steep?

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