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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?
(a) Miss Rosamond playing in the courtyard.
(b) A snowman.
(c) A child's footprints in the snow.
(d) A strange man.

2. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
(a) He said they were having a party.
(b) He tells her the house is haunted.
(c) He said she should leave while she still can.
(d) He says it was the wind.

3. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?
(a) In rags.
(b) In a fancy dress.
(c) Cozy and warm.
(d) Unfit to be out in the cold.

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

5. Where was Miss Rosamond found when she wandered outside in the cold?
(a) In the stables.
(b) Under a holly tree.
(c) Heading to the church.
(d) Wandering aimlessly down the road.

6. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?
(a) Searching for the organ player.
(b) Napping.
(c) Searching for Miss Rosamond.
(d) Going to church.

7. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?
(a) Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark.
(b) James.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Dorothy.

8. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
(a) An organ playing.
(b) Ladies whispering.
(c) A child screaming.
(d) The servants laughing.

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

10. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?
(a) A crying woman.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) An old man.

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

12. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) James.
(c) Bessy.
(d) A pastor.

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

14. What is the nursemaid's name?
(a) Mae.
(b) Heather.
(c) Lorna.
(d) Hester.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?

2. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?

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

4. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?

5. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?

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