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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. Once past the Manor House gates, how long was the road to the house?
(a) Just a few feet.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) Half a mile.

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

3. What did James think of the Furnivall's?
(a) He feared them.
(b) He had never met them.
(c) He looked down on them.
(d) He admired them.

4. Who is the narrator of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) A housemaid.
(b) A nursemaid.
(c) A cook.
(d) A mother.

5. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?
(a) They were both from Westmorland.
(b) They were both superstitious.
(c) They were both very religious.
(d) They were both nursemaids.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?

2. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?

3. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?

4. In what part of the house does the nursemaid say she never opened the doors?

5. Why does James look down on his wife Dorothy a bit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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