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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. When Mary finally catches up with Ned on that October day, what is he doing?
(a) Staring out the front door.
(b) Looking through his papers in the library.
(c) Searching the lower floor for the intruder.
(d) Pacing in front of the library fireplace.

2. When Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?
(a) He laughs loudly and tells her to stop being dramatic.
(b) He quietly tells her to sit back down.
(c) He looks cornered and guilty.
(d) He rushes to her side to comfort her.

3. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?
(a) A letter from Parvis.
(b) An anonymous note.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A newspaper clipping.

4. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?
(a) She asks whether it was a good idea to move into this particular house.
(b) She asks whether he has given up trying to see the ghost.
(c) She asks him what secret he is keeping from her.
(d) She asks whether he is having an affair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what period is Ned and Mary's new home?

2. On page 95, Mary mentions the "fun of the frisson." What is a frisson?

3. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?

4. When Mary tells Ned what she has learned from her mail, how does Ned react?

5. Why does Mary believe that people should not talk about seeing ghosts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What draws the Boynes to England?

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

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

4. On the day of his disappearance, what is so frustrating for Mary about her conversation with her staff about where Ned is?

5. What horrifying chain of events does Mary understand once she sees Bob Elwell's picture?

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

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

8. Describe the emotional condition that Mary is in in section "IV" of the story.

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

10. What is Mary doing on the morning that Ned disappears?

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