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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Otis's daughter doing when she is proposed to?
(a) Reciting a poem.
(b) Singing.
(c) Walking through her garden.
(d) Horse racing.

2. What word does Mr. Otis use to describe his twin boys?
(a) Calm.
(b) Well behaved.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Crazy.

3. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?
(a) Howling.
(b) Scratches on wood.
(c) Maniacal laughing.
(d) Clanging metal.

4. What item does Mr. Otis give the ghost the first time he sees him?
(a) Some window tape.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A cup of water.
(d) A bottle of lubricator.

5. What does the Otis family do after they come to a strange conclusion about the strange thing in the library?
(a) They go for a drive.
(b) They hire a new housekeeper.
(c) They go for a walk.
(d) They go to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the sky as the Otises approach their new house?

2. What does Mr. Otis do after speaking to the ghost for the first time?

3. Where is the house that Mr. Otis buys at the beginning of the book?

4. What is the name of Mr. Otis's oldest son?

5. What does Mr. Otis say he does not believe in?

(see the answer key)

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