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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she hears when they are in the drawing room with Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Starks?
(a) A man screaming.
(b) The little girl crying.
(c) The organ playing wildly.
(d) A woman singing lullabies.

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

5. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
(a) Miss Furnivall.
(b) Mrs. Stark.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Dorothy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?

2. Why does the nursemaid ask Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one morning?

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

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

5. What is the name of the baby for whom the narrator was in charge?

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