Q.1
Which of the following is correct?
  • The ghost of Jennet Humfrye haunts the house and island, but not the town
  • Arthur is too rational to be haunted by his experiences at Eel Marsh House
  • The townspeople are haunted by their past losses and fear of future grief, as well as by the Woman in Black
  • Mrs Drablow was not haunted at all by the ghost of her dead sister
Q.2
Arthur always tries to find a rational explanation for his experiences. Which of the following events has such an explanation?
  • The appearance and disappearance of the Woman in Black at the burial ground
  • The sudden mist in which Arthur nearly loses the causeway path as he attempts to cross to the mainland
  • The opening of the nursery door which had previously been locked
  • The panicked neighing of a pony, cries of a child, and sucking sounds of the mud which Arthur hears repeatedly out on the marsh
Q.3
How is nature presented in the novel?
  • Always a comfort to human beings
  • Always malevolent to human beings, like the ghost of Jennet Humfrye
  • Always beautiful and peaceful
  • As indifferent to human beings
Q.4
How does Arthur react when he is joined in the train compartment by Mr Daily?
  • He is excited to have another person to talk to during his tedious journey
  • He is glad to be able to question Mr Daily intensively about Mrs Drablow and her affairs
  • He is rude and angry at Mr Daily for expecting conversation
  • He is polite, but avoids discussing his business with Mr Daily
Q.5
How do the residents of Crythin Gifford deal with fear?
  • They tease Arthur for his fears
  • They prefer not to talk openly about their fear
  • The people of the town try to persuade Arthur to be cautious, explaining why he should be afraid, but he ignores their warnings
  • The people of the town are so familiar with the Woman in Black that they no longer fear her
Q.6
"Lined up along the iron railings that surrounded the small asphalt yard of the school were twenty or so children, one to a gap. They presented a row of pale, solemn faces with great, round eyes, that had watched who knew how much of the mournful proceedings, and their little hands held the railings tight, and they were all of them quite silent, quite motionless. It was an oddly grave and touching sight, they looked so unlike children generally do, animated and carefree." Why does this sight seem so odd to Arthur?
  • The children are behaving unnaturally
  • Arthur thinks it odd that the children mourn Mrs Drablow
  • Arthur thinks the children are actually hungry orphans
  • Arthur worries that the children are actually ghosts
Q.7
"I took one last look at the frosty darkness, sighed contentedly, called to the dogs, and went in, anticipating nothing more than a pipe and a glass of good malt whisky beside the crackling fire, in the happy company of my family. As I crossed the hall and entered the drawing room, I felt an uprush of well-being, of the kind I have experienced regularly during my life at Monk's Piece, a sensation that leads on naturally to another, of heartfelt thankfulness." To which of the following themes does this passage relate?
  • Isolation
  • Domesticity
  • Vengeance
  • The reality of the supernatural
Q.8
What type of vengeance does the Woman in Black seek?
  • She wishes to cause random strangers intense grief such as she experienced
  • She attempts to cause travellers to drown in the marsh as her son drowned
  • She wishes to kill parents, out of jealousy at their happiness
  • She wishes to make parents suffer grief such as her own by causing the unexpected deaths of their children
Q.9
Isolation is experienced in many forms in the novel. Which of the following is NOT an example of this?
  • Arthur is widowed at a young age, losing his child in the same accident
  • Crythin Gifford is geographically isolated, being located vaguely up "North", at the end of a minor branch line and barely worthy of being called a town, rather than a village
  • Samuel Daily lives a life isolated from the rest of the town
  • Eel Marsh House, where Mrs Drablow lived alone for many years, is cut off twice daily by the tides
Q.10
is structured as a story, within a story, within another story. At the heart is the history of Jennet Humfrye and her dead son. How does storytelling relate to Arthur?
  • Arthur makes a living as an author, or professional storyteller
  • Arthur writes the experiences of his younger days in response to his step-children's demands for a Christmas ghost story
  • Arthur repeats Jennet Humfrye's story to everyone he meets
  • Arthur distrusts storytelling and never takes part
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