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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jane puts on what gift from Miss Temple for her first tea-time with Mr. Rochester?
(a) A gold cross.
(b) A diamond watch.
(c) A pearl brooch.
(d) A silver bracelet.

2. What month is it when Jane departs for Lowood?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) June.
(d) September.

3. In the red-room, why does Jane rush at the door and shake the lock to escape?
(a) Because John is taunting her in the room.
(b) Because she thinks there is a ghost in the room.
(c) Because Bessie has threatened to strike her with a whip.
(d) Because she is cold and wants to light the fire.

4. As Jane watches the group perform, she states to the reader that she could not _____Mr. Rochester merely because he has ceased to notice her.
(a) Love.
(b) Unlove.
(c) Forgive.
(d) Hurt.

5. Why does Bessie's husband, Robert Leaven, come to Thornfield to see Jane?
(a) Because Mrs. Reed has sent for her.
(b) Because Bessie has sent for her.
(c) Because Eliza has sent for her.
(d) Because Georgiana has sent for her.

6. What language does Adele speak fluently?
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Spanish.

7. According to Mr. Rochester, Jane is ______, quiet, _______, and simple.
(a) Quaint; grave.
(b) Worldly; cheerful.
(c) Quaint; cheerful.
(d) Worldly; grave.

8. What does the gypsy tell Jane about Blanche's motive for marrying Mr. Rochester?
(a) That she does not have long to live.
(b) That she is marrying him for his estate.
(c) That she wants revenge on someone else.
(d) That she is in love with him.

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

10. As she comforts Jane after Mr. Brocklehurst leaves, Helen tells her, "If all the world ________ you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience ________ you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without __________."
(a) Envied; disapproved; enemies.
(b) Envied; approved; enemies.
(c) Hated; disapproved; friends.
(d) Hated; approved; friends.

11. Why is Jane taken and locked in the red-room?
(a) Because she defends herself against Bessie.
(b) Because she tells on Eliza.
(c) Because she defends herself against John.
(d) Because she pulls Georgiana's hair.

12. What is the name of Mr. Rochester's dog?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Dexter.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Oscar.

13. Whom is Mrs. Fairfax describing to Jane that is "Tall, fine bust, sloping shoulder; long graceful neck; olive complexion, dark and clear; noble features"?
(a) Mary Ingram.
(b) Mrs. Eshton.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Blanche Ingram.

14. As Mr. Rochester and Jane discuss the prospect of her going to Ireland, what does Jane begin to do when she hears a nightingale?
(a) Whistle.
(b) Sob.
(c) Run.
(d) Laugh.

15. When Mr. Rochester is in Leah's, what "sickening sense" does Jane feel regarding his absence?
(a) Grief.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Relief.
(d) Disappointment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject of Leah's and the charwoman's conversation that Jane overhears, and is dropped once they perceive her?

3. When she returns to Gateshead from Thornfield, Jane tells Mr. Rochester that "wherever you are is my _________"?

4. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to do as they listen to the nightingale?

5. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to fetch for Mr. Mason from the drawer in his room?

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