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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event occurs in Lionel and Edith's bedroom that Lionel attributes to kinetics?
(a) A window slams shut.
(b) A figure appears and then disappears.
(c) A breeze blows out the candle.
(d) The mirror turns black.

2. Why does Lionel insist Edith do a full body search on Florence?
(a) To make sure Florence has no devil's marks on her.
(b) To try to make Florence uncomfortable.
(c) Because Lionel is not able to do it himself.
(d) To make sure Florence hasn't secreted anything to use as a trick.

3. What event in Part Four makes the whole group feel better about being inside the house?
(a) The lights begin to work.
(b) A priest blesses the place.
(c) Dinner is served.
(d) The record player starts playing happy music.

4. What happened to thirteen women who stayed at Hell House?
(a) They died.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) They disappeared without a trace.
(d) They became pregnant.

5. What do the drivers do as the cars approach Hell House?
(a) Begin to pray loudly.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Switch cars because one is more difficult to maneuver on the hill.
(d) Get out and tell the group that they will have to continue on their own.

6. What does Edith do that causes Ben to slap her across the face?
(a) She starts screaming and pulling her own hair.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) She tries to kiss him.
(d) She tries to gouge his eyes out.

7. Who is the group's physical medium?
(a) Benjamin Fischer.
(b) Lionel Barrett.
(c) Edith Barrett.
(d) Daniel Belasco.

8. What does Lionel call the appearance during Florence's trance?
(a) Mass hysteria.
(b) A trick of light.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Externatlization of thought.

9. What is the first room Ben and Florence investigate after leaving Edith and Lionel to start the fire?
(a) The steam room.
(b) The attic.
(c) The garage.
(d) The wine cellar.

10. What color is Florence's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

11. What does Florence hear when she gets out of the shower in Part Three?
(a) Otherworldly singing.
(b) A ghostly voice
(c) A screeching cat.
(d) Footsteps.

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. What does Lionel attach to Florence's feet during his experiment testing her authenticity?
(a) Fluorescent paint.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Glue sticks.
(d) Light bulbs.

14. What does the group do first upon approaching Hell House?
(a) Make an emergency escape plan.
(b) Unpack and take their belongings inside.
(c) Set off to explore the grounds.
(d) Split up and go their separate ways.

15. What happens when Ben offers Edith his sweater?
(a) She begins to take her clothes off.
(b) She takes the drink from his hand and swallows it.
(c) She takes the sweater and puts it on.
(d) She yells at him and hits him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Florence and Ben find after going down a set of stairs when they first start exploring the house together?

2. In Part Three, of what does Florence accuse Ben?

3. Florence refuses to go into the chapel. What other room does she avoid?

4. What is the name of the group's spiritualist?

5. What does the figure under the sheets in Part Four do when Florence speaks to it?

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