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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. Who offers to pray for Eleanor?

2. Why does Luke's aunt send him to stay with Dr. Montague at Hill House?

3. Where does the spiral staircase lead?

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

5. What is Eleanor surprised by when she wakes the following morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What room is guarded by a cold spot?

2. Who built Hill House?

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

4. What surprises Eleanor the next morning?

5. What does Theo encourage Eleanor to do more?

6. What did Eleanor purchase specifically for this trip to Hill House?

7. Who are the Dudleys?

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

9. How does Luke act when he meets Eleanor and Theo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Mrs. Montague? Why does she show up at Hill House? What does Mrs. Montague plan to do there? What is significant about Mrs. Montague's treatment of her husband? Of his assistants? What is significant of Mrs. Montague's relationship with Mrs. Dudley?

Essay Topic 3

What is the nature of the relationship between Eleanor and Theo? Are they friends? Is there sexual tension between them? Why does this relationship begin to turn sour? Is Theo truly mean to Eleanor, or is this just something Eleanor perceives because of the house?

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