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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. Who is the author of "Afterward"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Shirley Jackson.
(d) Henry James.

2. For how many years did Ned and Mary live in the American Midwest while Ned worked as an engineer?
(a) 34.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 14.

3. When Ned begins to read the newspaper in the library in section "II," he tries to sound casual as he asks Mary a question. What is the question?
(a) He asks if the mysterious stranger has come back to the house at any point.
(b) He asks if Mary remembers seeing the ghost in October.
(c) He asks if she ever wonders exactly how he made the money they used to buy the house.
(d) He asks if she knows how long "afterward" it is when people realize they have seen the ghost.

4. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?
(a) Bob Elwell is dead.
(b) Her husband is being sued.
(c) Her husband is a criminal.
(d) All of their money is gone.

5. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?
(a) Somehow, all of the lamps have been blown out at once.
(b) Ned is staring in horror out the library window.
(c) Ned's face has changed and he looks completely himself again.
(d) Trimmle has been standing in the doorway, eavesdropping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?

3. 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?

4. What does Mary suddenly remember finding one day in October?

5. Why is Mary unsure what Ned has or has not already told her about Beb Elwell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alida Stair tell the Boynes about Lyng?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. In the beginning of section "IV," how much time has elapsed since Ned's disappearance, and what has been happening in that time?

7. What do the Boynes tell Alida Stair about why Lyng's drawbacks are not problems from their point of view?

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

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

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

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