QUESTION: Context:

If there are spirits at work at the time, they come only from yourself, not from the fume of the incense. Why should spirits aid living beings? What arrogance is it that drives people to believe they can have power over them?

Hypothesis: people can have power over spirits

ANS: No

QUESTION: Context:

Gloria remarked as they shared their coffee break in the kitchen. Melissa suppressed a sigh. She had hoped to dodge the subject but might have known that Gloria's boundless interest in all things morbid and sensational would make it impossible.

Hypothesis: Gloria's boundless interest in all things morbid and sensational would make dodging the subject impossible

ANS: Yes

QUESTION: Context:

The big Norwegian shook his head, frowning. ''Jeg fonstAr ikke.'' I don't think he found Ward's accent at all easy and anyway like many foreigners he found it easier to speak English than to understand it.

Hypothesis: the big Norwegian found Ward's accent at all easy

ANS:
No