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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. How does Amanda respond to Blair's story about the seance?

2. What is broken during the night after the milk jug is broken?

3. Who hired the medium for the Westerly House?

4. How does Amanda feel when Janie gets her sacrifice back?

5. Where does Amanda like to go to think about things?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda do that bothers Mr. Golanksi?

2. What connection does Mr. Golanski have with the Westerly House?

3. What makes David angry during the initiation?

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

5. What does Amanda study at the library and why?

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

7. How was Harriett Westerly cleared of blame with then Cupid lost its head?

8. Why does Amanda choose a particular day for the initiation ceremony?

9. Why does Amanda say she doesn't remember anything that happened in the seance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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