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

2. Where is Mr. Otis from?

3. What is Mr. Otis's daughter good at doing?

4. Where does Mrs. Otis find a bloodstain in her new house?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reaction people have had when seeing the ghost?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the ghost maintaining the bloodstain in the library?

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

3. When does Virginia wear her jewels? How are they received?

4. What does Mrs. Otis do after admitting that the ghost is real?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the ghost decide to talk to the thing that interrupts his plan to scare Washington?

10. What does the oldest Otis son say when he is told the bloodstain cannot be cleaned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of this plot follows the relationship between Cecil and Virginia. How does this relationship change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters in this book that are manipulated and persuaded to do things they do not want to do. What are some of these instances? How are those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Umney is a minor character in this book that made a huge impact on the plot. How does she accomplish this? How would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

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