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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. Why does Cissy believe that her husband married her?
(a) Because of her light skin and blue eyes.
(b) Because she is Henry Beaumont's daughter.
(c) Because of her beauty.
(d) Because of her intelligence.

2. What is so special about the Ethan Allen Club?
(a) It is a great place to watch the sunset.
(b) It overlooks a beautiful mountain.
(c) It serves the best food in town.
(d) It is very romantic.

3. What show is Curtis Warburton the star of?
(a) The Edge of the Earth.
(b) Bogeyman Nights.
(c) Paranormal Experience.
(d) Ghost Hunters.

4. What does Spencer Pike want Rod van Vleet to put in the strip mall?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A toy store.
(c) A bagel shop.
(d) A Hallmark store.

5. What information does Eve O'Donnell not want to tell Ross, the ghost hunter?
(a) That she had a sister who died at 7 years of age.
(b) That she is scared of her basement.
(c) That she is a widow.
(d) That she knows he almost died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the two boys who see the monster been eating?

2. How many Abenaki populated the earth at the height of their existence?

3. Who fixes the roof at Cissy's house in the end?

4. What does Shelby have wrapped around her head when she meets Eli?

5. When Ross was struck by lightening, how many minutes was he dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the insane asylum. How does Cissy react to patients?

2. Why does Shelby overreact when she can't find Ross and Ethan?

3. What does Ross believe about his own power to die? Why does he carry these beliefs with him?

4. Why does Spencer Pike believe that his property is haunted?

5. Do you think the program outlined in Chapter 6 is a real program? Why? Why not?

6. On the first ghost hunting case of the novel, what is Eve O'Donnell's description of what is happening in her house?

7. How does Shelby live with her son? What kind of life is this? What does Shelby believe about her life?

8. What was the Eugenics Survey of Vermont?

9. What does the medication do for Lucy when she sees her ghosts?

10. On Meredith's awful blind date, how does she finally get rid of the guy?

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