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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. Where is Mary and Ned's house located?
(a) Shropshire.
(b) Kent.
(c) Devon.
(d) Dorsetshire.
2. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Boyne.
(b) Lyng.
(c) Pangbourne.
(d) Merton.
3. In section "III," when Mary looks at the house from across the property, what does she feel about the house?
(a) That it seems to be laughing at her, somehow, almost mockingly.
(b) That is is like an evil creature squatting in the landcape.
(c) That it is like a kindly older person that keeps secrets for the good of others.
(d) That it seems to be trying to communicate something urgent to her.
4. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?
(a) The ghost.
(b) Bob Elwell.
(c) A tourist.
(d) The boiler repairman.
5. When Mary searches Ned's desk, to whom does she find he has been writing?
(a) The Waukesha Sentinel.
(b) Bob Elwell.
(c) Alida Stair.
(d) Parvis.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mary learn from the contents of the envelope?
2. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?
3. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
4. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?
5. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
Short Essay Questions
1. What draws the Boynes to England?
2. What does Mary remember happening earlier in the day in October when she and Ned first climbed Meldon Steep?
3. What strange conclusion does Mary come to about the relationship of the ghost to the house, Lyng?
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 is the name of Ned's book, and what is the thematic significance of this title?
6. What does Ned tell Mary about the Blue Star lawsuit?
7. What happens with the mysterious visitor on the day that Ned disappears?
8. What does Alida Stair tell the Boynes about Lyng?
9. After she finds out that he has gone out with the mysterious man and not yet returned, why is Mary immediately alarmed?
10. What do the Boynes tell Alida Stair about why Lyng's drawbacks are not problems from their point of view?
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