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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 is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?
(a) Banging on the window to be let in.
(b) Running toward the holly trees.
(c) Dancing and singing.
(d) Crying and rocking herself.

2. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?
(a) Proud.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Astonished.

3. Who is the author of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) Elizabeth Gaskell.
(b) Elizabeth Browning.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Emily Bronte.

4. Who are the first servants the nursemaid meets after meeting Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall?
(a) Dorothy and James.
(b) Lorna and Curt.
(c) Bessy and Ben.
(d) Henry and Jorge.

5. Why does James look down on his wife Dorothy a bit?
(a) Because before they married she had only lived with a farm family.
(b) Because she could not read.
(c) Because the Furnivall's looked down on her.
(d) Because she could not cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?

2. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?

3. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?

4. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?

5. Who was the servant who worked under James and Dorothy?

(see the answer key)

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