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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 oldest son good at doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Drawing.

2. What is Mr. Otis's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Minister.
(c) Contractor.
(d) Mechanic.

3. What does the family begin to believe after the strange thing in the library keeps reappearing?
(a) There might be a ghost.
(b) There is a hole in the roof.
(c) Mrs. Umney is playing a trick on them.
(d) The postman is delivering mail to the wrong place.

4. When was the problem with the house first noticed?
(a) 1599.
(b) 1684.
(c) 1584.
(d) 1699.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Otis's daughter doing when she is proposed to?

2. What has the ghost never failed to do before as a ghost?

3. Who tells Mr. Otis not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?

4. What is the name of the man who is said to have murdered the person who caused the blood stain?

5. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?

(see the answer key)

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