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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) Going to church.
(c) Searching for Miss Rosamond.
(d) Searching for the organ player.

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

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

4. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
(a) The library.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The billiard room.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hester do during the night when Miss Rosamond was returned after wandering outside in the cold?

4. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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