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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. Which of the following is NOT a reaction people have had when seeing the ghost?
(a) Running out of the house.
(b) Having fits.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Falling down stairs.

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

3. What kind of flooring is in the hall where the crash happened?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Wood.
(c) Carpet.
(d) Tile.

4. How long does the storm last?
(a) All night.
(b) 2 days.
(c) A few hours.
(d) 1 week.

5. Where does Mr. Otis first see the ghost?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the attic.
(c) Outside his bedroom.
(d) In the tub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family eat when they return to their house after coming to a conclusion about the strange thing in the library?

2. What does the ghost consider himself?

3. How long has the ghost been dead?

4. What is Mr. Otis's oldest son good at doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Virginia Otis wins a horse race?

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

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

4. What happens when the ghost attempts to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

5. What does Washington do after admitting that the ghost is real?

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

7. Why does the ghost think he could fit inside the suit of armor in the hall?

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

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

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

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