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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIII | Chapter XIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Jane meet when she first arrives at Lowood?
(a) Miss Miller.
(b) Mrs. Brocklehurst.
(c) Mrs. Lloyd.
(d) Helen Burns.

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

3. 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) Polio.
(d) Small pox.

4. What does Mr. Rochester ask to see of Jane's during their first tea-time?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her sculpture.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her portfolio.

5. Who arrives at Lowood to see Jane and is mistaken for the carrier by her?
(a) Georgiana Reed.
(b) Bessie.
(c) John Reed.
(d) Mrs. Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she overhears Miss Abbot's and Bessie's conversation, Jane learns her parents died from what?

2. Who holds down Jane's arms and threatens to tie her down in the red-room?

3. According to Jane, who bullies and punishes her "not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually?"

4. How does Jane first encounter Mr. Rochester?

5. How old is Jane when the novel opens?

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