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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?
(a) Astonished.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Proud.

3. In what part of the house does the nursemaid say she never opened the doors?
(a) The library.
(b) The attic.
(c) The east wing.
(d) The west wing.

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

5. How old is Miss Furnivall who lives in the Manor House where Miss Rosamond and the nursemaid are sent?
(a) In her 30s.
(b) In her 50s.
(c) In her teens.
(d) In her 80s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond sent to live after Miss Furnivall died?

2. Whose home do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond move to after her parents death?

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

4. Where is the narrator originally from?

5. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hester's impression of the Manor House when she and Miss Rosamond first arrive?

2. What did Miss Furnivall ask of Hester on her deathbed? How did Hester feel about the request?

3. Who were Miss Rosamond's parents and what happened to them when she was around 4 or 5?

4. Who are James and Dorothy? What is their position in the Furnivall household? How does James feel about the Furnivalls and about Dorothy?

5. What had Hester heard about the Lord Furnivall's feelings about Miss Rosamond's mother and why does she feel it might not be true?

6. Who is the nursemaid speaking to at the very start of "The Old Nurse's Story" and what family member is she telling them about?

7. Who came to settle the estate when Miss Rosamond's parents died and what plan did they come up with for Hester and Miss Rosamond?

8. Who are Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Starks who live in the Manor House? What is Hester and Miss Rosamond's first impression of them?

9. What portraits lined the walls of the Manor House? Who asked Dorothy to tell her who was in each portrait? Which portrait shows a beautiful but scornful young woman?

10. What is Hester's relationship to the children's mother and what does she think of their mother?

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