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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. How does the ghost get hurt when the crash in the hall happened?

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

3. What is the only thing the ghost leaves his room for in the few days after the crash in the hall?

4. What did the ghost compete in when he was alive?

5. What causes Mrs. Umey to faint?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets? How does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships? How does their inclusion in this play affect the outcome of the plot?

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