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

2. Who treats Luke like a servant?

3. What nickname does Theo use with Eleanor?

4. What does Theo accuse Eleanor of doing?

5. What does Theo confess she did while going back to Hill House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Eleanor eavesdrop on to see if they are speaking about her?

2. What does Theo confess when they return to the house?

3. Where does Theo spend the following night?

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

5. What is Mrs. Montague's opinion of Dr. Montague's research thus far?

6. What does Luke find written in the hallway?

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

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

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

10. Who teases Eleanor about her relationship with Luke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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