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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. How long does the Reversor take to finish its job?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Forty-five minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Thirty-five minutes.

2. Who does Florence say is behind the haunting and phenomena?
(a) Lionel Barrett.
(b) David Belasco.
(c) Rolf Rudolph Deustch.
(d) Emeric Belasco.

3. What does Lionel ask Ben to verify after the Reversor completes its cycle?
(a) That Edith can go back in the house.
(b) That the house is clean.
(c) That Florence is dead.
(d) That the Reversor is off.

4. When Lionel makes his phone call, what surprising information does he receive about Deustch?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He doesn't really exist.
(c) He has disappeared.
(d) He is penniless.

5. What is the Reversor expected to remove from Hell House?
(a) Somnombalistic tendencies.
(b) Spritual energy.
(c) Psychic energy.
(d) Physical energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group discover behind the wall in the wine cellar?

2. In Florence's trance, when she sees Daniel approaching his father, what happens?

3. After Florence's attack, Lionel goes to sleep. What does Edith do?

4. What is Daniel's middle name?

5. What does Florence do in the chapel when she awakens after Lionel's phone call?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lionel and Edith have an awkward moment in the steam room, and Edith leaves hastily, slamming the door behind her. What happens to Lionel after he is abandoned in the steam room?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Ben finally begins to agree with Florence about the entity haunting Hell House. Who does Florence think it is, and what do they believe is the spirit's purpose for haunting?

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

8. Ben and Lionel believe that Florence has created the ghost of Daniel Belasco. Florence vehemently denies this until she is struck with a sudden, painful memory. What is that memory, and who has she come to believe the ghost of Daniel Belasco really is?

9. To whom does Ben compare Florence's belief that Daniel haunts Hell House, and what happened to that person?

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

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