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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ghost plan to put on Mrs. Otis's head on Friday?
(a) A clammy hand.
(b) His pistol.
(c) His wife's heart.
(d) A live snake.

2. For how many days does the strange thing in the library reappear?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. What does Mr. Otis ask the ghost to do when he first sees him?
(a) Not wake his wife.
(b) Use lubricator on his chains.
(c) Remain in the attic until morning.
(d) Fix the broken window.

4. What does Mr. Otis say about the twins throwing pillows at the ghost?
(a) It is a natural reaction.
(b) It is unneccessary.
(c) It is funny.
(d) It is rude.

5. What does the owner's grand-aunt see in the house that frightens her?
(a) A ghost in chains.
(b) A strange reflection.
(c) Rivers of blood.
(d) Two skeleton hands.

6. What is found in the library after the storm?
(a) The blood stain.
(b) A new picture.
(c) A death certificate.
(d) A dead crow.

7. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?
(a) Cook.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Messenger.

8. Which of the following is NOT a reaction people have had when seeing the ghost?
(a) Falling down stairs.
(b) Having fits.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Running out of the house.

9. How does Mr. Otis describe his wife?
(a) Beautiful and high maintenance.
(b) Small and sickly.
(c) Good natured and sweet.
(d) Good looking with good health.

10. What does Mr. Otis do after speaking to the ghost for the first time?
(a) Faints.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Goes to sleep.

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

12. Who does the ghost plan to be for the twins on Friday?
(a) Dumb Daniel.
(b) Angry Angus.
(c) Bawdy Brian.
(d) Raging Reginold.

13. What happens during the storm?
(a) A window breaks.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The attic floods.
(d) The power goes out.

14. What scares the ghost when he is trying to scare Mrs. Otis?
(a) Mr. Otis's gun.
(b) A thunder clap.
(c) The twins.
(d) Virginia's stain remover.

15. What is the name of Mr. Otis's only daughter?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Violet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Otis family do after they come to a strange conclusion about the strange thing in the library?

2. How does the ghost feel after his first conversation with Mr. Otis?

3. What does the ghost do with the item that Mr. Otis gives him?

4. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?

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

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