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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Mr. Otis give the ghost the first time he sees him?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A bottle of lubricator.
(c) Some window tape.
(d) A cup of water.

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

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

4. What time does the Otis family return to their house after leaving when they come to a conclusion about the strange thing in the library?
(a) 8:00 pm.
(b) 11:00 pm.
(c) 10:00 pm.
(d) 9:00 pm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Mr. Otis wake up the first time he hears the ghost?

2. What is the name of Mr. Otis's oldest son?

3. What do the Otises do to try and keep the blood stain from reappearing?

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

5. What is found in the library after the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Virginia do when she tears her dress?

2. What does Virginia tell her husband when he asks what happened the day the ghost died?

3. What does the ghost steal from Mr. Otis's room? Why?

4. Where does the bloodstain in the library come from?

5. What happens when the ghost tries to curse the Otis Family?

6. Why does nobody worry about Virginia when she does not come to tea?

7. What happens when the ghost is about to begin his plan to scare Washington on Friday?

8. When does Lord Canterville say the ghost appears? What is Mr. Otis's response to this?

9. Where do Mr. Otis and the Duke search for Virginia?

10. What does Mr. Otis do when the ghost's chains wake him up?

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