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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?
(a) in the past in England
(b) in the present in New England
(c) in an old mansion in New York
(d) in a remote house on the rocks in Newport

2. What does Henry like about the American girls' reaction to Paris?
(a) their interest in historical facts about the city.
(b) their desire to walk everywhere and keep journals
(c) their interest in art and museums
(d) their delight in the colors, vistas and grandeur of Paris

3. The girls Henry meets in Paris are the daughters of whom?
(a) Ellen Temple, Minny's sister
(b) Kaylina Smith, Minny's friend
(c) Anne Emmet, Minny's sister
(d) Sarah Temple, Minny's sister

4. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?
(a) that he might be lonely there
(b) that his sister, Alice, hadn't seen it before she died
(c) that he will most likely die there
(d) that it is a distance from London

5. What does Henry seek to correct about the American girls he tours Paris with?
(a) their speech, the way they drop consonants
(b) their rude manners
(c) their flirtatiousness with European men
(d) their gaudy clothes

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry spend time that summer in Chapter 6?

2. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

3. Who became a regular visitor of Henry's while he was preparing to leave London?

4. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?

5. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?

(see the answer key)

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