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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Florence Tanner's professional title?
(a) Reverend.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Sister.
(d) Madame.

3. What does Ben find written on a piece of cardboard in the kitchen?
(a) An unsigned suicide note.
(b) An ancient menu.
(c) An "X" with a circle around it.
(d) A quickly scrawled admonition to get out of the house.

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

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

6. Florence refuses to go into the chapel. What other room does she avoid?
(a) Basement.
(b) Wine cellar.
(c) Root cellar.
(d) Attic.

7. What is the name of the spirit that Florence channels?
(a) Red Cloud.
(b) Caribou Falls.
(c) Ruby Wilson.
(d) Daniel Belasco.

8. How long was Lionel away from Edith in 1962?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

9. What is the interesting part of Hell House's reputation?
(a) It was a house of ill repute.
(b) There are unknown numbers of bodies buried in Bastard Bog.
(c) It is the most haunted place in the world.
(d) More people died in Hell House than in the 1900 San Francisco earthquake.

10. Where is the figure in blue pajamas that Ben sees going when it exits the front door?
(a) Towards the tarn.
(b) To the garage.
(c) Towards the front gate.
(d) To the garden.

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

12. What appears after the bell on the table rings?
(a) The face of a devil.
(b) A small, indefinable ball of light.
(c) A screaming, writhing apparition.
(d) A figure reaching for Edith.

13. What happens during the argument between Florence and Lionel?
(a) Edith tries to get between them and gets hurt.
(b) Dishes begin flying around the room.
(c) A thunderous voice yells, "Stop!"
(d) Lionel throws a fork at Ben.

14. Where does Florence feel that she has found Daniel Belasco?
(a) In the fireplace.
(b) In the chapel.
(c) Buried in the back yard.
(d) In the wine cellar.

15. In Lionel Barrett's article, to what does he compare sensitives?
(a) Shamans.
(b) Fortune tellers.
(c) Actors.
(d) Geiger counters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Barrett given to complete his assignment?

2. From where does the group hear Belasco's voice?

3. What does Deutsch intend to pay Barrett to do?

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

5. Whom does Florence invite for a walk in Chapter 11?

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