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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Mary, startled by the envelope's contents, cries out and rises to her feet, how does Ned react?
2. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
3. What does Ned say, on page 83, must be true for him to believe a house is old?
4. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?
5. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
Short Essay Questions
1. What draws the Boynes to England?
2. What do the Boynes tell Alida Stair about why Lyng's drawbacks are not problems from their point of view?
3. How does the narrator describe the life that the Boynes had in America?
4. What is Mary doing on the morning that Ned disappears?
5. What happens with the mysterious visitor on the day that Ned disappears?
6. What strange conclusion does Mary come to about the relationship of the ghost to the house, Lyng?
7. In the narrative present at the beginning of the story, where is Mary and what is she doing?
8. What does Mary remember happening earlier in the day in October when she and Ned first climbed Meldon Steep?
9. Why does Parvis come to see Mary near the end of the story?
10. What is the name of Ned's book, and what is the thematic significance of this title?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that takes and defends a position about the emphasis Wharton gives to the physical evidence of Ned's emotional state. What is happening when he seems anxious, and what is happening when he seems relieved? From whose perspective is all of this shown, and why? How do these choices contribute to the story's overall meaning and effect? Be sure to support your claims with specific textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explores "Afterward" as entertainment; make and defend a claim about whether the story succeeds as a disturbing "haunted house" tale. Offer specific textual support for your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that examines the final sighting of Bob Elwell's ghost. Why does Wharton take up space with the elaborate procedure of questioning various maids? Why not simply have Trimmle be the one to see the mysterious visitor? Why have any of the maids see him at all? What is the significance of the slip of paper, and why do the exact details of the encounter matter so much to Mary as she thinks back over Ned's disappearance many months later? Make a claim about how the choices Wharton makes regarding the ghost's final appearance impact the meaning of the overall story.
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