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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deutsch intend to pay Barrett to do?
(a) Find out if Hell House sits on a fault line.
(b) Prove whether or not there is life after death.
(c) Create a machine to keep him alive forever.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

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

4. Why does Florence get angry with Lionel at the dinner table?
(a) He calls her a liar.
(b) He won't speak to her.
(c) He tells her that she should leave the house.
(d) He is condescending toward her.

5. Which room in Hell House disturbs Florence the most?
(a) The theater.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The chapel.
(d) The sunroom.

6. How many chairs surround the dining table?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Thirty.

7. What illness did Lionel have when he was twelve?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Polio.
(c) Influenza..
(d) Measles.

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

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

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

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

12. What causes the thing that appears after the bell rings to disappear?
(a) Florence comes out of the trance.
(b) Edith screams.
(c) It goes into the cat.
(d) Another figure reclaims it.

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

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) An oubliette.
(d) A makeshift laboratory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the group go to avoid what occurs during the argument between Lionel and Florence at dinner?

2. What did Deutch's representative bring to Hell House at the beginning of Part Four?

3. What word does Florence use to describe the house, even before they have an opportunity to enter?

4. In Lionel Barrett's article, to what does he compare sensitives?

5. What do the drivers do as the cars approach Hell House?

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