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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. When Shelby and Ethan think it is snowing, what is falling from the sky?

2. When Ross proposed to Aimee, what happened to the ring?

3. What does Ross do when he discovers his boss is a phony?

4. What do Ross and Ethan do one night at the house near Otter Creek Pass?

5. What information does Eve O'Donnell not want to tell Ross, the ghost hunter?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the residents of Comtosook begin to experience weird happenings, what do Shelby, Rod and Spencer Pike all experience?

2. In Ross's experience, when a parent loses a child, why do they call a ghost hunter?

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

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

5. Why does Meredith believe that Lucy is psychotic?

6. What is the first time that rose petals are introduced in the story?

7. Who write HELP on the mirror?

8. How does Ross avoid his sister after the night at the hospital?

9. Why does Cissy seem certain that she is going to die when the baby arrives?

10. What was the Eugenics Survey of Vermont?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the mystery finally solved? Would the ghost returning to tell the story have been enough? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does it mean when Eli's mother talked to him about "passing?" From the information in the novel, can you tell what this was? What was his mother trying to do? What price do you think Eli paid for his mother's beliefs? Was he also protected by her beliefs? How?

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