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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. Where does Arthur plan to spend the night?
(a) In Dr. Montague's room.
(b) Patroling the corridor outside the nursery.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the nursery.

2. Who does Dr. Montague announce will arrive the following Saturday?
(a) A famous poltergeist researcher.
(b) A fellow academic.
(c) Mrs. Montague.
(d) Luke's aunt.

3. Who insists on moving in with Theo when the summer is over?
(a) Dr. Montague
(b) Eleanor
(c) Arthur
(d) Luke

4. Who refuses to allow the group to linger over their breakfast?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Mrs. Dudley.
(c) Mrs. Montague.
(d) Theo.

5. What is a planchette?
(a) A device similar to a themometer.
(b) A device similar to a Ouija board that uses a pencil to write out messages from the other side.
(c) A device that measures barometric changes within a house.
(d) A device that uses weights to measure breezes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Luke go alone after breakfast?

2. Who irritates Dr. Montague while he transcribes the notes of his assistants?

3. Who stands at the door when the sound begins, trying to establish from which direction the sound is coming?

4. What does Luke find in the library in Chapter 6?

5. What does Theo tease Eleanor about in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eleanor hear as she sits in the parlor?

2. What do Dr. Montague and his assistants hear during the night?

3. What does Eleanor confess to Theo as they walk the grounds?

4. What do Eleanor and Theo find when they reach the garden?

5. What does Eleanor hear as she walks the grounds of Hill House?

6. What does Mrs. Montague say about the events of the night?

7. What warning does Dr. Montague address directly to Eleanor?

8. What does Luke find written in the hallway?

9. Where does Theo spend the following night?

10. Who plans to roam the halls all night? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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