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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. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?
(a) There is no organ in the house.
(b) Miss Furnivall hands are too weak.
(c) The organ is old and broken.
(d) Miss Furnivall is blind.

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

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

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

5. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?
(a) She worries the little girl might kill them.
(b) She worries the little girl might die.
(c) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.
(d) Rosamond thinks she is sick and seeing things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?

2. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?

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

4. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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