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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James think of the Furnivall's?

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

3. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?

4. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?

5. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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