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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Miss Furnivall who lives in the Manor House where Miss Rosamond and the nursemaid are sent?
(a) In her 80s.
(b) In her 50s.
(c) In her 30s.
(d) In her teens.

4. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Walking.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Hearing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?

2. Who are the first servants the nursemaid meets after meeting Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall?

3. How does the narrator say Mrs. Stark treats Miss Furnivall?

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

5. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?

(see the answer key)

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