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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who does the governess confide in about seeing the strange man?
(a) Flora.
(b) Miles.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

2. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
(a) Admission.
(b) Mind business.
(c) Denial.
(d) Cried.

3. What is the governess' primary goal in Chapter 8?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Exorcising ghosts.
(c) Escape.
(d) Quitting.

4. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?
(a) He wants to leave Bly.
(b) He wants a new friend.
(c) He is ten years old.
(d) He wants her to think of him as bad.

5. What does the governess do about her suspicions concerning the ghosts?
(a) Ask the children.
(b) Write to her parents.
(c) Keep them to herself.
(d) Tell her employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with the person Mrs. Grose identifies from the governess' description of the stranger?

2. What does Miss Jessel say to Mrs. Grose's concerns about Miles spending time with Peter Quint?

3. How does the governess describe the stranger to Mrs. Grose?

4. What does the governess do with the children's letters to their uncle?

5. In Chapter 8, why does Mrs. Grose say Miles is bad?

(see the answer key)

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