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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. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?
(a) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.
(b) Ned quickly moves to block her view.
(c) The sun is behind the man.
(d) Her eyesight is not very good.

2. What does Mary conclude she needs to do in order to see the ghost?
(a) Get to know the house better.
(b) Make a habit of speaking out loud to the ghost.
(c) Stop actively looking for it.
(d) Find out whose ghost it is supposed to be.

3. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
(a) It is a friend of Timmle's.
(b) It is one of their workmen.
(c) It is the ghost.
(d) It is their cousin Hugo.

4. What did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?
(a) It appears to be a different color over the library.
(b) It has one more chimney than they have fireplaces inside.
(c) It has a hidden walkway.
(d) There is a recently replaced section.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the information about Bob Elwell's slow death so significant to Mary?

2. As Mary thinks back over the events of October, she sees a figure coming toward the house again. Who is it?

3. What detail does the narrator relate as evidence of how much Ned and Mary have yearned for a life like the one they have in England?

4. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?

5. When Mary finally catches up with Ned on that October day, what is he doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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