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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 believe that people should not talk about seeing ghosts?
(a) It frightens the ghosts away.
(b) It is bad manners.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It makes people wonder about your sanity.

2. Which character opens the story on page 83 by saying "Oh, there is one, of course, but you'll never know it"?
(a) Mary Boyne.
(b) Ned Boyne.
(c) Trimmle.
(d) Alida Stair.

3. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Lyng.
(b) Pangbourne.
(c) Merton.
(d) Boyne.

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

5. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?
(a) With Ned's business affairs.
(b) With the house and its ghost.
(c) With Ned.
(d) With herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?

2. Who is the author of "Afterward"?

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

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

5. When the young man appears behind Mary, who does she at first assume that he is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Parvis come to see Mary near the end of the story?

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

8. What do Mary and Ned plan to do with their time at Lyng?

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

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

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