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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall tell Hester she had been hearing the day Mrs. Stark said they needed Hester's help?
(a) A baby crying in the east wing.
(b) Terrible screams and her father's voice.
(c) A lady singing lullabies and crying.
(d) The organ playing louder and louder.

2. Who did Maude marry and have a child with in secret?
(a) The foreign musician.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) The lord's footman.
(d) The lord's brother.

3. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?
(a) Scowling and scrawny.
(b) Plump and jolly.
(c) Ruddy and serene.
(d) Cold, grey, and stony.

4. Who mutters, "What is done in youth can never be undone in age" (11) at the end of the story?
(a) Hester.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Mrs. Starks.
(d) Miss Furnivall.

5. What is Miss Furnivall's older sister's name?
(a) Maude.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mae.
(d) Millicent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?

2. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?

3. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?

4. How do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond feel around Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark when they first meet them?

5. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?

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