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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the fog described when the group first approaches the house?
(a) A churning sea of cotton.
(b) A sea of curdled milk.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) A blinding blanket of white.

2. What is Florence Tanner's purpose in going to Hell House?
(a) To cleanse it.
(b) To perform an exorcism.
(c) To make it into a sanctuary for her parishoners.
(d) To burn it down.

3. What is another name for Hell House?
(a) The Hellmouth.
(b) Dante's house.
(c) Belasco house.
(d) Deacon's Brothel.

4. What word does Florence use to describe the house, even before they have an opportunity to enter?
(a) Amazing.
(b) Horrendous.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Hideous.

5. What is the name of the group's spiritualist?
(a) William Deutsch.
(b) Florence Tanner.
(c) Lionel Barrett.
(d) Benjamin Fischer.

6. What does Lionel have the carpenter construct?
(a) A crucifix.
(b) A small cabinet.
(c) A box for Edith's things.
(d) An escape hatch.

7. What is the name of Deutsch's son?
(a) Edward.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) William.
(d) Lionel.

8. Who is the ghostly figure in blue pajamas that Ben sees heading out the front door?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Edith.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Florence.

9. What does the figure under the sheets in Part Four do when Florence speaks to it?
(a) It says, "Boo!"
(b) It erupts in evil laughter.
(c) It flies at her.
(d) Nothing.

10. In which state is Hell House located?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Maryland.

11. What does Florence say the house reeks of?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Death.
(c) Evil.
(d) Rat droppings.

12. What are the first things Edith notices on her first approach to Hell House?
(a) The cold and the smell.
(b) The beauty of the architecture and the desperate landscaping.
(c) The oozing earth and ugly statuary.
(d) The smell of the dark spaces and the dankness everywhere.

13. In what city do the caretakers live?
(a) Midnight Falls.
(b) Barelac.
(c) Matawaski.
(d) Caribou Falls.

14. What do Florence and Ben find after going down a set of stairs when they first start exploring the house together?
(a) A torture chamber.
(b) An Olympic-sized swimming pool.
(c) A makeshift laboratory.
(d) An oubliette.

15. Who is the author of "Hell House"?
(a) Richard Simmons.
(b) Diane Rockner.
(c) Richard Matheson.
(d) Robert Matheson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barrett make his wife promise?

2. What does the group do first upon approaching Hell House?

3. What is the first problem the group runs into in Hell House?

4. What does Florence hear when she gets out of the shower in Part Three?

5. What event occurs in Lionel and Edith's bedroom that Lionel attributes to kinetics?

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