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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 does Amanda wear during the seance?

2. Who caused the headless cupid?

3. What causes Amanda to ask Mr. Golanski so many questions?

4. How does David feel while Amanda is gone the day after meeting Mr. Golanski?

5. How does David think he looks during the initiation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injury of Amanda's makes her suspicious in David's eyes?

2. What stopped the trouble from the original Poltergeist in the Westerly House?

3. What is the main challenge of the ordeal about the wooden floors?

4. How does David feel when Mr. Golanski comes to the house?

5. Why does Amanda say that the poltergeist has returned to the house?

6. What ability does David think Mr. Golanksi has?

7. What led Molly to call Mr. Golanski?

8. What makes David angry during the initiation?

9. How does Molly respond to all the talk about a poltergeist?

10. What does the flashlight on the staircase indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Golanski is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

Irony was a strong theme in this book. What are some of the instances where Irony was present, and how did these ironic events affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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