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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?
(a) She should play with her.
(b) The child is a liar.
(c) She must have a fever.
(d) It will lure her to death.

2. How do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond feel around Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark when they first meet them?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Confused.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Nervous.

3. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?
(a) She accuses Hester of losing the child.
(b) She threatens to beat Dorothy.
(c) She is getting in the way.
(d) She begins to shake so badly.

4. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?
(a) They spoiled her with sweets.
(b) They ignored her.
(c) They brightened.
(d) They scolded her often.

5. Where is the narrator originally from?
(a) North Umberland.
(b) Eastmorland.
(c) Westmorland.
(d) South Umberland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?

2. What was Miss Rosamond's father's occupation?

3. Who is the narrator of "Old Nurse's Story"?

4. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?

5. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?

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