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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 is the ghost trying to do when the crash in the hall happened?

2. What is found in the library after the storm?

3. Where does the ghost sleep?

4. What does the ghost consider himself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the ghost say his existence consists of? How does Virginia respond to this?

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

4. What does the ghost plan to do to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

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

6. What happens when the ghost attempts to get back at the twins for the pranks they pull after the failed Friday night?

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

8. What does the ghost say when Virginia reprimands him for killing his wife?

9. What happens when Virginia Otis wins a horse race?

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

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

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear? How do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

The pursuit of happiness is a common theme found in this book. What parts of the plot embodied this theme? How does that pursuit affect the characters involved?

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