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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 is Daniel's soul described in Part Five?
(a) Pure.
(b) Tortured.
(c) Black.
(d) Innocent.

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

3. What does Florence find on the body in the wine cellar?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A watch.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A ring.

4. What happens when Florence comes out of the trance after finding the body in the wine cellar?
(a) Florence can't move.
(b) She falls off the bed, breaking her ankle.
(c) The cat viciously attacks her.
(d) Daniel is still there.

5. What does Ben say has changed about the house after they run the Reversor?
(a) The feel.
(b) The vibration.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) The smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room does the group begin working on the morning after Florence's attack?

2. What did Florence's brother, David, die from?

3. What does Lionel say the radiation of light negates?

4. What happens when Lionel checks the Reversor after Ben leaves?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Lionel's concern for the health of Florence and Ben leads him to call Deutsch's man for medical help, preferably an ambulance. What does Lionel learn during that call?

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

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