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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. Who does the item that crashed in the hall belong to?
(a) Lord Canterville.
(b) The ghost.
(c) Mr. Otis.
(d) The ghost's wife.

2. What does the ghost do with the item that Mr. Otis gives him?
(a) Throws it out the window.
(b) Drinks it.
(c) Smashes it.
(d) Rips it to shreds.

3. What time of day is the strange thing in the library usually found?
(a) Evening.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Morning.
(d) Afternoon.

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

5. What does the owner's grand-aunt see in the house that frightens her?
(a) A ghost in chains.
(b) A strange reflection.
(c) Two skeleton hands.
(d) Rivers of blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Umey's profession?

2. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?

3. What word does the author use to describe how the ghost looks?

4. What day of the week is the Otis family startled by a large crash in the hall?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the scariest part of the Friday night plan? Why?

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

5. Why does Mr. Otis think Lord Canterville will want the jewels given to Virginia?

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

7. What do the Otises all respond to what Mrs. Umney says when she wakes up from her faint?

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

9. What does the ghost say his existence consists of? How does Virginia respond to this?

10. How does the ghost feel after the events of his Friday night plans?

(see the answer keys)

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