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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. In Chapter 36, what does Ben tell Florence she should do after her latest attack?
(a) Pray.
(b) Fight back.
(c) Leave.
(d) Lock her door.

2. What does the group do with the body that they find in the wine cellar?
(a) Call the police to take it away.
(b) Hold a funeral.
(c) Leave it where it is.
(d) Put it in the trunk of the car.

3. Who does Daniel say is responsible for the attack on Lionel in the steam room?
(a) The Giant.
(b) Emeric Belasco.
(c) Father.
(d) All answers are correct.

4. What is Daniel's middle name?
(a) Sean.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Myron.
(d) Luis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Lionel killed?

2. What does Lionel take when he returns to his room after Florence's attack?

3. How does Florence feel about her behavior after she tries to seduce Ben?

4. How is Daniel's soul described in Part Five?

5. What does Florence threaten to do to Edith when Edith is running away from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. If there was a moral to the story of Hell House, what would it be and why?

2. Explain in detail what Florence does to rid herself of Daniel's possession.

3. From what does Lionel say that ecotoplasm derives, and from what does he say it is?

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

5. What does Lionel do to keep Edith from wandering off while he is asleep? How does this make Edith feel at first? How does it make her feel later?

6. 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?

7. What happens to Florence after she finally gives in to Daniel's pleas?

8. Describe Daniel Belasco's exhumation and reburial.

9. At 6:47 a.m. on December 23, 1970, Florence once again seems to be the victim of the ghost's violence. Her scream cuts the early morning air. What happens to her, and what are her companions' opinions of the incident?

10. What is Ben's reaction to Lionel's accusation that Deutsch is wasting one-third of his money?

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