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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the ghost consider himself?

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

4. What does Mr. Otis ask the ghost to do when he first sees him?

5. Which of the following is NOT a nickname the ghost has been given in the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Virginia describe what she sees when she gets to the sewing room to fix her dress?

4. How does the ghost pan to scare Virginia in his Friday plan?

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

6. What does Mrs. Otis do after she sees the cause of the crash in the hall? How does the ghost respond to this?

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

8. What does the Otis family talk about at dinner after they admit that the ghost is real?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in this book are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters? How do their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Are these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book? What affect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Oscar Wilde presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affects the characters around them.

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