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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the house that Mr. Otis buys at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cranburshire Cove.
(b) Canterbury Castle.
(c) Castlewood Cross.
(d) Canterville Chase.

2. What word does the author use to describe how the ghost looks?
(a) Angry.
(b) Scary.
(c) Pale.
(d) Refined.

3. How does the ghost feel after his first conversation with Mr. Otis?
(a) Sad.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

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

5. What did the ghost compete in when he was alive?
(a) Duels.
(b) Tournaments.
(c) Hunting competitions.
(d) Wrestling matches.

6. Where does Mrs. Otis find a bloodstain in her new house?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The library.
(d) The hall.

7. Where is the house that Mr. Otis buys at the beginning of the book?
(a) Canada.
(b) Austrailia.
(c) England.
(d) America.

8. Who tells Mr. Otis not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?
(a) His wife.
(b) His parents.
(c) His children.
(d) His friends.

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

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

11. What is Mr. Otis's oldest son good at doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Singing.

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

13. Where does Mr. Otis first see the ghost?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the tub.
(c) Outside his bedroom.
(d) In the attic.

14. Why does Mrs. Otis try to give the ghost a tincture?
(a) She knows it will make him quieter.
(b) She read that he liked it when he was alive.
(c) She knows he will like the taste.
(d) She thinks he is sick.

15. Who calls Mrs. Umney's story nonsense?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Violet.
(c) Mrs. Otis.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is the Otis family startled by a large crash in the hall?

2. For how many days does the strange thing in the library reappear?

3. What strange color does the blood stain appear to be one day?

4. What word does Mr. Otis use to describe his twin boys?

5. How does the ghost escape from the twins when they first see him?

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