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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. How does Hill House affect Eleanor?

2. What did Eleanor buy for this trip to Hill House?

3. How does Eleanor introduce herself?

4. What is Eleanor's impression of the waitress at the diner in Hillsdale?

5. Who was accused of breaking into the house at night and stealing things?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eleanor get annoyed with her new friends?

2. What is significant about Hill House?

3. What quote comes to Eleanor's mind when she walks up to the front door the first time?

4. What surprises Eleanor the next morning?

5. At what time does Mrs. Dudley always have dinner ready?

6. What room is guarded by a cold spot?

7. What is unusual about the design of Hill House overall?

8. Who built Hill House?

9. Who is Eleanor Vance? Why is she chosen for Dr. Montague's project?

10. Why do Dr. Montague and his assistants have trouble finding the dining room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What book does Luke find in the library that frightens him? What is the intention of this book? What is significant about the pictures in the book? What is significant about the signature in the book? What does all this say about the person who wrote the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who built Hill House? For what purpose? What is unusual about the design of Hill House? Why does Dr. Montague believe the doors close on their own? Why do people get lost in the house? Where does the spiral staircase in the library lead? What is significant about this place?

Essay Topic 3

Who are the Sandersons? How did they come to own Hill House? Why do they not live in the house? Who has lived in the house over the past several years? What happened to those people?

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