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

2. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) James.
(d) Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark.

3. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
(a) A child screaming.
(b) The servants laughing.
(c) An organ playing.
(d) Ladies whispering.

4. 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) Rosamond thinks she is sick and seeing things.
(c) She worries the little girl might die.
(d) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.

5. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
(a) He said she should leave while she still can.
(b) He says it was the wind.
(c) He tells her the house is haunted.
(d) He said they were having a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?

2. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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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