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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Mr. Otis's daughter?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

2. Why is Mr. Otis told not to buy the house at the beginning of the book?
(a) It is haunted.
(b) It is small and old.
(c) It is far from town.
(d) It is too expensive.

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

4. What does the ghost do all night after leaving the Otis family?
(a) Plots his revenge.
(b) Fixes the window.
(c) Lubricates his chains.
(d) Paints a picture.

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

6. What does Mr. Otis say he does not believe in?
(a) God.
(b) Pergatory.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Ghosts.

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

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

9. What was the occupation of the person who was most afraid after seeing the ghost?
(a) Butler.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Priest.

10. What is the name of Mr. Otis's oldest son?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Washington.
(d) Adams.

11. What is Mr. Otis's daughter good at doing?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Riding.
(c) Reciting.
(d) Reading.

12. What time does Mr. Otis wake up the first time he hears the ghost?
(a) 12:30 am.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 1:00 am.
(d) 1:30 am.

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

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

15. Who murdered the woman who caused the blood stain?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ghost consider himself?

2. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?

3. What is Mr. Otis annoyed about the morning after his first encounter with the ghost?

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

5. Who does the item that crashed in the hall belong to?

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