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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 9 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?
2. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?
3. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?
4. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
5. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?
2. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?
3. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?
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. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?
6. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.
7. How does Miss Furnivall react when she hears Miss Rosamond's story of why she ran off that cold winter day?
8. 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?
9. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define setting and discuss the significance of the setting of the Manor House in "The Old Nurse's Story."
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the imagery used in “The Old Nurse’s Story.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 3
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Gaskell's “The Old Nurse’s Story.”Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
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