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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Begin to pray loudly.
(c) Switch cars because one is more difficult to maneuver on the hill.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

3. What is the first problem the group runs into in Hell House?
(a) The bedrooms are all locked.
(b) The house is unbearably cold.
(c) There is no running water.
(d) The electricity does not work.

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

5. What is the name of the place where Florence Tanner works?
(a) Temple of Spiritual Harmony.
(b) Church of a Thousand Souls.
(c) Haven for the Empty Hearted.
(d) The Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Benjamin Fischer getting to Hell House?

2. What does Edith notice on the table when Florence departs for her walk?

3. What runs beneath the concrete bridge?

4. What was the name of Hell House's original owner?

5. Who/what does Ben say is intent on killing everyone in the group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Florence hear Belasco's voice, even though he has been dead for so long?

2. Whom does Deutsch choose as partners for Barrett and why?

3. What does Ben do during the plane ride to Hell House, and how does he feel?

4. Hell House is said to have reached the pinnacle of evil in 1928. What sort of events were said to occur that year?

5. What is Lionel's attitude toward Florence's gift, and why does he feel that way?

6. Florence is determined to prove that Daniel exists, despite the negative reaction from the rest of the group. What does Florence do after the poltergeist activity at the dinner table to prove once and for all that Daniel did indeed exist?

7. What is the first paranormal sign seen? Who sees it? What does Barrett attribute it to?

8. Why is Florence unable to enter the chapel in Hell House?

9. What element is the omnipresent representation in "Hell House"?

10. Florence leaves the first sitting frustrated and a bit afraid. What happens to her when she gets out of the shower?

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