1. What secret did the woman have?

2. What caused the anxiety in the house?

3. What reason does Mother give for the family's poverty?

4. What does Paul tell his mother?

5. Where does Paul go on his horse?

6. What sort of horse does Paul predict will win?

7. What secret are the boy and Bassett keeping?

8. What was the outcome of the race?

9. How does Bassett explain Paul's intuition about horse race winners?

10. How does Paul decide which races to bet on carefully and which to bet on strongly?

11. Why did Paul start gambling on the horse races?

12. To what does Paul compare the house's whispering?

13. What happened when mother got the whole five thousand pounds?

14. What vice has troubled the family, according to Mother?

15. What was Paul's "secret of secrets"?

16. What did Mother discover when she entered Paul's room?

17. What happened to Paul after he shouted the winner's name?

18. What is Paul's last statement?