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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) Praying.
(b) Crying.
(c) Hitting the little girl.
(d) Scolding the little girl.

2. 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) Scolds Dorothy for letting the little girl out of her sight.
(d) Sits by the child and watches her all night.

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

4. Where was Miss Rosamond found when she wandered outside in the cold?
(a) In the stables.
(b) Heading to the church.
(c) Wandering aimlessly down the road.
(d) Under a holly tree.

5. Why does the nursemaid ask Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one morning?
(a) The nursemaid was ill and needed to rest.
(b) Miss Rosamond had been driving her nuts lately.
(c) It was too cold to take Miss Rosamond to church with her.
(d) The nursemaid's father was ill and she wanted to visit him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?

4. 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?

5. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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. 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?

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