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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?
(a) She feared he would hurt her.
(b) He seemed to know a lot about babies.
(c) He was Miss Rosamond's father.
(d) She did not want him to complain about her.

2. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?
(a) The west drawing room.
(b) The upstairs bedroom.
(c) The east drawing room.
(d) The kitchen.

3. 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.

4. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?
(a) James.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Dorothy.

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) Peaceful.
(d) Inferior.

6. Where is the narrator originally from?
(a) Eastmorland.
(b) North Umberland.
(c) Westmorland.
(d) South Umberland.

7. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?
(a) A spiral staircase and a line of servants.
(b) A marble statue of Lord Furnivall and a golden vase.
(c) A bronze chandelier and a built-in organ.
(d) Gold floors and a diamond encrusted staircase.

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

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

10. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?
(a) The east drawing room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The library.
(d) Miss Furnivall's room.

11. Whose home do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond move to after her parents death?
(a) The Furnivall's.
(b) The Esthwaite's.
(c) Miss Dorothy and Mr. James's.
(d) Bessy's.

12. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?
(a) He had been happily married for years.
(b) He and Miss Furnivall had never met.
(c) He seemed to cold to love anyone.
(d) He pays no attention to Miss Rosamond.

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

14. What happens to Miss Rosamond's parents when she was around 4 or 5?
(a) They abandoned her.
(b) They split up.
(c) They lost all their money.
(d) They died.

15. Where are the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond sent to live after Miss Furnivall died?
(a) Cumberland Fells.
(b) South Umberland.
(c) Westmorland.
(d) North Umberland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once past the Manor House gates, how long was the road to the house?

3. What was Miss Rosamond's father's occupation?

4. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?

5. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?

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