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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 is the name of the man who is said to have murdered the person who caused the blood stain?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Sterling.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Simon.

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

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

4. What did the person most scared of the ghost do?
(a) Hung himself.
(b) Jumped out a window.
(c) Slit his wrists.
(d) Shot himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Otis from?

2. What kind of weapon does the Ghost include in his Friday ensemble?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What pranks do the twins play on the ghost after his Friday night plan fails?

2. What does the ghost plan to do to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

3. How is the marriage between Cecil and Virginia received?

4. What does Mrs. Umney say when she wakes from her faint?

5. Why is Virginia so upset when the ghost kept reapplying the bloodstain in the library?

6. What happened when the Dowager Duchess and her maids see the ghost?

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

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

9. What does the ghost give Virginia in exchange for helping him?

10. Why does Lord Canterville refuse to take the jewels that the ghost gave Virginia?

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