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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Goodwin not return at the beginning of the summer term?
(a) Her son has measles.
(b) Her son is teething.
(c) Her husband just died.
(d) She has typhoid.

2. What is Harriet doing when the lights go out in Tudor?
(a) Researching Sheridan Le Fanu.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Helping Miss Lydgate with proofs.
(d) Talking to Miss Martin.

3. In Chapter 7, Harriet is returning from where?
(a) A dance.
(b) Oxford.
(c) The theatre.
(d) London.

4. Who tells Harriet about being accosted by a person who might be the poltergeist?
(a) Pomfret.
(b) Miss Cattermole.
(c) Padgett.
(d) Saint-George.

5. Who asks if there is to be an opening ceremony for the lavatories?
(a) Harriet.
(b) The chancellor.
(c) The porter Padgett.
(d) The Dean Miss Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather does Harriet drive through at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Harriet and the Dean discuss the absence of what in the malevolent notes?

3. Why is Pomfret at Shrewsbury College the morning after Harriet caught him climbing the wall?

4. Which maid at Shrewsbury College is a widow with two children?

5. Where had the gowns been burnt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Harriet drives to Oxford to attend the opening of the new library and to investigate which incidents?

2. Why does Harriet find it difficult to write to Peter after visiting Saint-George in the hospital?

3. Describe Harriet and Peter's relationship from the time of Harriet's return from Europe to her weekend at the Gaudy.

4. How does Saint-George embarrass himself in front of Harriet?

5. How do Harriet's classmates and former professors receive her?

6. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?

7. In Chapter 2, what does Harriet talk about while having coffee with the Dean and her other classmates?

8. Why does Harriet tell Saint-George about the poltergeist in Chapter 10?

9. Why does the hanging figure incident clear Miss Cattermole's name?

10. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?

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