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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who offers to tell a scary story about two children?
(a) Governess.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Narrator.
(d) Douglas.
2. How does Douglas know the governess?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his cousin.
(c) He marries her.
(d) She is his sister's governess.
3. In Chapter 4, why does the governess think Miles has been expelled?
(a) He is too innocent for the harsh world.
(b) He was cruel to other students.
(c) He was stealing.
(d) He was lying.
4. What are Miles and Flora doing while the governess and Mrs. Grose talk in Chapter 11?
(a) Crying because they miss their parents.
(b) Walking the grounds as Miles reads to Flora.
(c) Hiding in the bushes.
(d) Listening to the governess' conversation.
5. How does the governess feel about the housekeeper's extreme happiness to see her?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Happy.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) Angry.
6. What does the governess see when she looks out a window after waking to find Flora standing by the window?
(a) Mrs. Grose with the employer.
(b) Flora waving to her.
(c) Miles standing on the lawn, looking at the tower.
(d) Miss Jessel kissing Peter Quint.
7. Who does the governess first think the stranger is?
(a) Luke.
(b) The man of her imagination.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) Miles.
8. How does the governess first feel about her new position?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Apprehensive.
(c) Tired.
(d) Terrified.
9. What is Mrs. Grose's reaction upon the governess' return to Bly after the governess sees the stranger?
(a) Relief.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.
10. What does Mrs. Grose think about the male child?
(a) Boring.
(b) Evil.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Remarkable.
11. How does the narrator transcribe the story?
(a) From his notes from interviewing the governess.
(b) From his photographic memory.
(c) From the recording he taped the day he heard the story.
(d) From the original manuscript left to him upon Douglas' death.
12. Who does Mrs. Grose claim to be referring to when she says "he" prefers them young and pretty?
(a) Employer.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Miles.
(d) Luke.
13. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
(a) Admission.
(b) Mind business.
(c) Cried.
(d) Denial.
14. What time does the governess first see the specter?
(a) Last hour of daylight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.
15. What does the governess decide to say about Miles being expelled?
(a) She blames the school.
(b) She yells at Miles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She cries.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the governess describe the stranger to Mrs. Grose?
2. Who enters the dining room after the governess goes outside after seeing someone from the window?
3. When the governess describes the stranger, who does Mrs. Grose believe him to be?
4. Who plans to meet Miles on the carriage when he returns to Bly from school?
5. What does the governess think about Miles the first time she sees him?
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