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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dream does Cissy have at the beginning of chapter 6?

2. What does Lia show Ross when she lifts the sleeve of her sweater?

3. How does Spencer Pike say his wife died?

4. What word does Eli see when he looks in the mirror at the supposed "haunted" house?

5. What does Cissy's father believe about living near water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What 4 conditions does Ross set with Rod to investigate the Pike property?

2. What role does jealously play in Cissy's story?

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

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

5. How did the Abenaki lose their land?

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

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

8. What evidence was found at the murder scene of Cissy?

9. Why does Spencer tell Cissy he fired Gray Wolf?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author add important information about the case? Do you think the old newspaper clippings, police reports and interviews help or hurt the story line? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Ross know about Meredith's car accident? Is it the same as his?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think is Ethan and Lucy's lesson? How do you think they will live from this point forward?

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