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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 Hester do during the night when Miss Rosamond was returned after wandering outside in the cold?
(a) Sits by the child and watches her all night.
(b) Sleeps soundly.
(c) Paces in the kitchen.
(d) Scolds Dorothy for letting the little girl out of her sight.

2. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?
(a) Mrs. Stark.
(b) Mrs. James.
(c) Mrs. Dorothy.
(d) Mrs. Starlet.

3. What is the name of the baby for whom the narrator was in charge?
(a) Miss Roslyn.
(b) Miss Rosalie.
(c) Miss Rosamond.
(d) Miss Rochelle.

4. 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 cook.
(c) Because the Furnivall's looked down on her.
(d) Because she could not read.

5. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?
(a) She worries the little girl might die.
(b) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.
(c) She worries the little girl might kill them.
(d) Rosamond thinks she is sick and seeing things.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?

2. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?

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

4. What can Miss Furnivall be heard yelling when Mrs. Stark rushed Hester and Rosamond out of the room after they tell her of the little girl?

5. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?

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