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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 ghost consider himself?

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

3. What time of day is the strange thing in the library usually found?

4. Where does the ghost sleep?

5. What does Mr. Otis say he will do if the chains wake him up again?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the ghost do after Mr. Otis speaks to him for the first time?

3. What happens when Virginia is found after all the efforts to search for her?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Washington do when the stain in the library keeps reappearing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Protection is a strong theme in this story. Where does this theme appear? Which characters are most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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