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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Montague invite Luke Sanderson to the house?
(a) Luke's family owns the house.
(b) Luke is psychic.
(c) Luke lived in a haunted house as a child.
(d) Luke had an experience with poltergeist as a child.

2. Why does Dr. Montague invite Theodora to be his assistant?
(a) Theodora is psychic.
(b) Theodora lived in a haunted house as a child.
(c) Theodora owns the house Dr. Montague is investigating.
(d) Theodora had an experience with poltergeist as a child.

3. How does Theo advise Eleanor to dress?
(a) Bright as a sunbeam.
(b) Sexily.
(c) Dark and drab.
(d) Conservatively.

4. With what does Eleanor deny having experiences?
(a) Haunted houses
(b) Psychics
(c) Poltergeists
(d) Ghosts

5. What does Dr. Montague hope to do with the information their investigation will gather?
(a) Write a historical book about the family who once owned the house.
(b) Write an academic book chronicalling supernatural manifestation in the house his colleagues will respect.
(c) Write a historical book about the land the house sits on and its role in supernatural manifestations.
(d) Write a fictional book about the house.

6. How did Hugh Crain's first wife die?
(a) She died of tuberculosis.
(b) Her carriage overturned while making a turn in the driveway at Hill House.
(c) She fell from the tower at Hill House.
(d) She had a heart attack the first time she saw Hill House.

7. How does Luke introduce himself?
(a) As a lawyer
(b) As the nephew of the house's owner
(c) As a bullfighter
(d) As a specialist in psychic phenomenon

8. What does Theo theorize the house contains?
(a) An evil spirit
(b) A basement full of rats
(c) A closet full of skeletons
(d) Secret passageways filled with treasure

9. What is significant about Theo's calling the shadow a rabbit?
(a) Theo saw a rabbit seconds before the shadow, confusing the two.
(b) Theo has a pet rabbit, so the comparison makes her feel better.
(c) Theo likes rabbits.
(d) Theo thinks of Eleanor as a rabbit, ripe to be manipulated.

10. Who lived in Hill House after Hugh Crain's death?
(a) His youngest daughter and her husband
(b) His widow and her new husband
(c) His eldest daughter and a young companion
(d) His son and his family

11. Who greets the women when they return to the house?
(a) Luke
(b) Dr. Montague
(c) Mrs. Dudley
(d) Arthur

12. The narrator informs the reader that Hill House is what?
(a) Just a house
(b) Gorgeous
(c) Misunderstood
(d) Evil

13. Who provides directions to Hill House?
(a) Eleanor
(b) Theodora
(c) Luke
(d) Dr. Montague

14. How does Theo insist she and Eleanor should dress?
(a) In work clothes
(b) In sexually appealing clothes
(c) In brightly colored clothes
(d) In comfortable clothes

15. Why does Theo make jokes with Eleanor?
(a) To help her overcome her fear.
(b) To take her mind off of the noises in the house.
(c) To distract her while Theo steals her clothes.
(d) To make friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is dinner served?

2. Who leaves the house at six every night?

3. What does Eleanor dislike her sister for?

4. Why do the girls get lost on the way to the kitchen?

5. What were Dr. Montague and Luke searching for during the manifestation that woke the girls?

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