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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 does the owner's grand-aunt see in the house that frightens her?

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

3. What causes Mrs. Umey to faint?

4. What happens during the storm?

5. What is knocked over to cause the large crash in the hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens on September 19?

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

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

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

6. What happens when the ghost is about to begin his plan to scare Washington on Friday?

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

8. What does Cecil do after Virginia returns and shares her story?

9. What causes Mrs. Umney to faint?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

England and America are contrasted a few times in this book. Choose a character and write about how that character felt about America and England, and why they felt this way.

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