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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 9 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
(a) Miss Furnivall.
(b) Mrs. Stark.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Bessy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?

4. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?

5. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?

2. What does Dorothy tell Hester about Miss Furnivall's sister when they are looking at an old portrait of Miss Furnivall? How does Dorothy behave when she shows Hester the portrait?

3. How does Miss Furnivall react when she hears Miss Rosamond's story of why she ran off that cold winter day?

4. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?

5. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?

6. Where does Hester go when she asked Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one Sunday? Why did she not take Miss Rosamond? Who does Hester go with?

7. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.

8. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?

9. Which servant tells Hester what she has heard about the source of the organ music she hears playing in the night? What does she tell her?

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