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

2. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?

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

4. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the elements of "The Old Nurse's Story" which give the feel of a traditional ghost story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss following elements of narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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