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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?
(a) Running toward the holly trees.
(b) Dancing and singing.
(c) Crying and rocking herself.
(d) Banging on the window to be let in.

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

3. What sound can be heard just as Hester and Miss Rosamond see the little girl out in the snow?
(a) The dinner bell.
(b) The organ.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Miss Furnivall screaming.

4. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
(a) The library.
(b) The billiard room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The drawing room.

5. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?
(a) In her nursery taking a nap.
(b) In the drawing room with Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark.
(c) In the library reading.
(d) In the east wing with Mr. Henry.

6. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The nursing.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) Outside.

7. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?
(a) Miss Furnivall's mother.
(b) Miss Furnivall's daughter.
(c) Miss Furnivall's older sister.
(d) Mrs. Stark.

8. 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?
(a) She tells Hester to leave the house now.
(b) She says they must get the girl to the doctor quick.
(c) She yells that Rosamond is a liar.
(d) She asks if she will ever be forgiven.

9. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?
(a) Crying.
(b) Hitting the little girl.
(c) Scolding the little girl.
(d) Praying.

10. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?
(a) She should play with her.
(b) She must have a fever.
(c) The child is a liar.
(d) It will lure her to death.

11. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?
(a) She says the house is haunted and they should leave while they still can.
(b) She says it was the old lord playing as he used to while he was alive.
(c) She says it was the people who live in the east wing.
(d) She says she does not hear any noise in the night.

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

13. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?
(a) Miss Furnivall is blind.
(b) There is no organ in the house.
(c) Miss Furnivall hands are too weak.
(d) The organ is old and broken.

14. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?
(a) Bessy saw Miss Rosamond outside alone.
(b) Dorothy saw Miss Rosamond talking to herself.
(c) There are no little girls living nearby.
(d) There is only one set of footprints in the snow.

15. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A white horse.
(c) Her mother.
(d) An old woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?

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

4. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?

5. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?

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