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

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

3. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?
(a) Messenger.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Cook.

4. What has the ghost never failed to do before as a ghost?
(a) Terrify someone.
(b) Anger the people he is haunting.
(c) Deliver his message.
(d) Scare people away.

5. What does the ghost consider himself?
(a) An artist.
(b) A piece of history.
(c) An anomoly.
(d) A housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Mr. Otis's daughter?

3. What is the name of the man who is said to have murdered the person who caused the blood stain?

4. What is the ghost trying to do when the crash in the hall happened?

5. What does Mr. Otis say he will welcome to his new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the Otises drive up to their new house at the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

5. What are the names of the Otis children? What does this signify?

6. What happened to the man who caused the bloodstain in the library?

7. How does the ghost plan to fulfill his duties after his Friday night plans fail?

8. What does Virginia ask to keep? How does Mr. Otis react to this request?

9. What does Mr. Otis think happened to Virginia when he first heard she is missing?

10. What does the ghost do after Mr. Otis speaks to him for the first time?

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