Q.1
Arthur Kipps is employed in which profession?
  • As a solicitor
  • As a doctor
  • As a teacher
  • As a clergyman
Q.2
"Then, my boy, go home and pack your bags, and take the afternoon train from King's Cross, changing at Crewe and again at Homerby. From Homerby, you take the branch line to the little market town of Crythin Gifford." What do these lines tell us about Mr Bentley?
  • He is older than Arthur
  • He is organised
  • He expects Arthur to follow instructions
  • All of the above
Q.3
Who is Esmé?
  • Arthur's first wife
  • The longtime inhabitant of Eel Marsh House
  • Arthur's second wife
  • The bereaved mother whose ghost is known as the Woman in Black
Q.4
Puzzled by the landlord's abrupt behaviour after learning his business in Crythin Gifford, Arthur dismisses his remarks as "local tales and silliness which had grown out of all proportion, as such things will do in small, out of the way communities, which have only themselves to look to for whatever melodrama and mystery they can extract out of life." What do these thoughts tell the reader about Arthur?
  • He believes himself to be calm and rational, while the inhabitants of the small town are gullible and irrational
  • He is afraid that he shares the gullibility of the local townspeople
  • He admires the landlord and local townspeople for their levelheadedness
  • He believes the local townspeople to be more sensible than Londoners, with their love of melodrama
Q.5
Samuel Daily might be described as which of the following?
  • Brutal
  • Over-friendly
  • Compassionate
  • Greedy
Q.6
Which of the following characters might be described as vengeful?
  • Mrs Drablow
  • Jennet Humfrye
  • Mr Jerome
  • Mr Daily
Q.7
The narrator describes Mr Jerome as bland, professional and courteous, with a "shuttered expression". What does this phrase mean?
  • Mr Jerome has long hair which obscures his expression
  • Mr Jerome wears his heart on his sleeve
  • Mr Jerome is an angry man
  • Mr Jerome does not reveal his thoughts through his facial expressions
Q.8
What does the reader know of Stella's character?
  • She is friendly and caring
  • She is clever and somewhat stand-offish
  • She is cold and bitter
  • She is nervous and troubled
Q.9
When Keckwick returns to the island in the middle of the night after being delayed by the sea-fret, he says to Arthur, "I wouldn't have left you over the night, wouldn't have done that to you." What do these words display of his character?
  • He is chatty
  • He is warm
  • He is empathetic
  • He is cowardly
Q.10
How does Arthur respond to the events he experiences during his first few hours on the island?
  • He is overcome by horror, feeling both claustrophobic in the house and angry
  • He experiences an overwhelming physical response to hearing cries and screams and other sounds of the pony and trap sinking into the mud
  • He retreats to a bottle of brandy for comfort
  • All of the above
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