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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to Jane, in her final eight years at Lowood, "stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion"?
(a) Miss Temple.
(b) Mrs. Brocklehurst.
(c) Miss Miller.
(d) Miss Scatcherd.

2. When May arrives at Lowood, what is the "fog-bred pestilence" that arrives to transform the school into a hospital?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Polio.

3. According to Mr. Brocklehurst, Miss Temple NOT should not accustom the girls to what?
(a) Habits of pleasure and moderation.
(b) Habits of poverty and frugality.
(c) Habits of obedience and servitude.
(d) Habits of luxury and indulgence.

4. What is the subject of Leah's and the charwoman's conversation that Jane overhears, and is dropped once they perceive her?
(a) Jane.
(b) Grace Poole.
(c) Blanche Ingram.
(d) Mr. Rochester.

5. According to Jane, why are the girls predisposed to becoming ill so that forty-five out of eighty are afflicted?
(a) Because of lack of exercise and too many sweets.
(b) Because of physical abuse and lack of vitamins.
(c) Because of stifling heat and a fatty diet.
(d) Because of semi-starvation and neglected colds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Rochester's dog?

2. What does Mr. Rochester ask to see of Jane's during their first tea-time?

3. When Jane wakes up in her own bed after fainting in the red-room, why is Mr. Lloyd in the room and NOT a physician?

4. Who arrives at Lowood to see Jane and is mistaken for the carrier by her?

5. Jane is speaking to whom when she states, "I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty."

(see the answer key)

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