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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. What are some of the theories for the cause of odd events that have taken place in Hill House?

2. What does Dr. Montague hope to do with the information their investigation will gather?

3. What noise do Theo and Eleanor hear?

4. What does Eleanor dislike her sister for?

5. Who offers to pray for Eleanor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who built Hill House?

4. What surprises Eleanor the next morning?

5. What is significant about Hill House?

6. Who are the Dudleys?

7. What does Dr. Montague say he expects of his assistants during the summer?

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

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

10. Who is Luke Sanderson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the sound Eleanor hears often at night? Why does Theo not always hear the sound even though the sound comes at one point while they share a room? How do these sounds affect Eleanor? What do these sounds say about Eleanor's relationship to the house? Whose hands was Eleanor holding the night she hears the sounds and believes Theo woke, but did not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Who is Dr. Montague? Why is he interested in Hill House? What does Dr. Montague hope to find at Hill House? What will this investigation mean for Dr. Montague's academic future? Why does Dr. Montague hire assistants? Why is Dr. Montague vague about his needs in the letter he sends to prospective assistants? Is Dr. Montague hiding something?

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