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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Otises do to try and keep the blood stain from reappearing?
(a) Keep the ghost busy.
(b) Put a rug over the stain.
(c) Lock the library.
(d) Clean the stain.

3. What strange color does the blood stain appear to be one day?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

4. Why does the ghost keep to his room for a few days after the crash in the hall?
(a) He is working on his plan.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He is practicing other forms.
(d) He is lubricating his chains.

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 go for a walk.
(c) They hire a new housekeeper.
(d) They go to church.

6. How does the ghost escape from the twins when they first see him?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He sinks through the floor.
(c) He vanishes through a wall.
(d) He floats through the ceiling.

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

9. What happens to the sky as the Otises approach their new house?
(a) It is filled with billowing clouds.
(b) It becomes dark.
(c) It pours rain in one spot.
(d) It brightens up.

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

11. Which of the following animals do the Otises NOT see as they drive to their new house?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Owls.
(c) Birds.
(d) Squirrels.

12. What do the twins throw at the ghost the first time they see him?
(a) Books.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A pillow.
(d) Grapes.

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

14. What are the names of the Otis twins?
(a) Liberty and Justice.
(b) George and Washington.
(c) Freedom and Liberty.
(d) Stars and Stripes.

15. Who did the blood belong do?
(a) Ellen Cambridge.
(b) Emma Canterville.
(c) Eleanor Canterville.
(d) Eva Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is the strange thing in the library usually found?

2. Why does Mrs. Otis try to give the ghost a tincture?

3. What is mysterious about the blood stain that Mrs. Otis finds?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reaction people have had when seeing the ghost?

5. Who finds the strange thing in the library after the storm?

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