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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 Eleanor introduce herself?

2. Why does Eleanor stop for coffee in Hillsdale?

3. What does Eleanor do on the ride to Hill House?

4. With what does Eleanor deny having experiences?

5. What surprises Theo about the position of Hill House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does everyone claim to be someone different than they are as they make introductions?

2. Who gets lost on their way to breakfast? Why?

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

4. Where do Eleanor and Theo go after Theo unpacks?

5. What do Theo and Eleanor see as they turn to go back to Hill House?

6. Who is the first person Eleanor meets at Hill House?

7. From whom did Dr. Montague hear about Hill House?

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

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

10. What does Dr. Montague plan to do with the information he gains from his and his assistants' experiences at Hill House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an unreliable narrator? Is Eleanor an unreliable narrator? How can you tell? What could the author have done differently to make the narrator more reliable? How does the author's choice of narrators impact the overall plot development?

Essay Topic 2

What is theme? What are some of the themes of this novel? Describe each in a short sentence, using quotes from the novel to support your argument. How does the theme influence the development of the novel?

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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