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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 did Florence's brother, David, die from?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Traffic accident.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Spinal meningitis.

2. What happens when Lionel checks the Reversor after Ben leaves?
(a) Edith is possessed.
(b) Lionel gets trapped.
(c) The machine turns on by itself.
(d) The machine explodes.

3. What does Florence say she needs to let her body become as she tries to help Daniel?
(a) A blessing.
(b) A conduit.
(c) A temple.
(d) A fortress.

4. What object does Florence use to focus her trance on Daniel?
(a) A tooth.
(b) A piece of bone.
(c) A ring.
(d) A crystal.

5. What does Florence use to attack her housemates?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) A knife.
(c) A fireplace poker.
(d) Her fists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lionel give to Florence after she attacks Edith?

2. When Lionel makes his phone call, what surprising information does he receive about Deustch?

3. What does Daniel tell Florence that the Reversor will do to him?

4. What does William Deutsch instruct his father's representative to do with the Hell House researchers?

5. What happens when Edith runs out of the steam room after Lionel's rejection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the words Florence repeats over the body of Daniel Belasco at his funeral, and what is their purpose?

2. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?

3. Describe Daniel Belasco's exhumation and reburial.

4. Why do you think Florence wrote the letter "B" in her own blood on the chapel floor? What do you think she was trying to tell the Barretts and Ben?

5. What does Daniel make Florence do after he forces her to wet the bed? How does Florence regain some control?

6. What happens when Florence attacks Edith, and what secret does Florence reveal about Edith's childhood?

7. What does Daniel tell Florence that Lionel's machine will do? What does he tell her he needs in order to leave?

8. What happens forty-five minutes after Lionel starts the Reversor, and why does he tell Ben that he needs Ben's presence in the house?

9. How does Lionel behave after his attack in the steam room, and how does he rationalize the experience?

10. Why is Florence's sitting after finding Daniel Belasco so important?

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