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

2. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?
(a) There are no little girls living nearby.
(b) Bessy saw Miss Rosamond outside alone.
(c) There is only one set of footprints in the snow.
(d) Dorothy saw Miss Rosamond talking to herself.

3. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?
(a) Cozy and warm.
(b) In a fancy dress.
(c) Unfit to be out in the cold.
(d) In rags.

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

5. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?
(a) A child's footprints in the snow.
(b) Miss Rosamond playing in the courtyard.
(c) A strange man.
(d) A snowman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?

2. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?

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

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

5. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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