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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the governess decide to say about Miles being expelled?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She blames the school.
(c) She cries.
(d) She yells at Miles.

2. What is the younger child's name?
(a) Jody.
(b) Millie.
(c) Flora.
(d) Fawn.

3. Where is the stranger standing when the governess first sees him during her favorite time of day?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) On the tower.
(c) In the road.
(d) In the dining room.

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

5. How does Mrs. Grose learn about the last governess' death?
(a) Finds body.
(b) Letter from employer.
(c) Miles tells her.
(d) Police report.

6. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?
(a) Cries.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Stares and disappears down the stairs.
(d) Attacks her.

7. What is the problem with the person Mrs. Grose identifies from the governess' description of the stranger?
(a) He wants to murder the children.
(b) He lives far away.
(c) He is Mrs. Grose's former lover.
(d) He is dead.

8. What does the governess do about the children in Chapter 9?
(a) Watch them closely.
(b) Scold them.
(c) Ask them about the ghosts.
(d) Send them to their uncle.

9. What does the governess hear outside her door on the first night?
(a) Scream.
(b) Soft footstep.
(c) Loud sobbing.
(d) Chains.

10. What else is included in the letter the governess receives?
(a) A key.
(b) Money.
(c) Engagement ring.
(d) Letter from Miles' school.

11. After hearing about Miles' expulsion, what does Mrs. Grose admit to the governess?
(a) Miles is dangerous.
(b) Mrs. Grose sees dead people.
(c) Mrs. Grose is in love with her employer.
(d) Miles is bad.

12. Who does the governess think is playing a joke on her in the form of the stranger she sees while taking her walk?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Miles.
(c) The staff at Bly.
(d) Flora.

13. What does Mrs. Grose think about the governess' story about the stranger?
(a) Lying.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Trying to scare her.
(d) Believes her.

14. Who does Mrs. Grose claim to be referring to when she says "he" prefers them young and pretty?
(a) Peter Quint.
(b) Luke.
(c) Miles.
(d) Employer.

15. Whose fate does the governess question Mrs. Grose about?
(a) Miles.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Flora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the story that Douglas tells to the group in the introduction?

2. What does the governess talk to Mrs. Grose about in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 4, why does the governess think Miles has been expelled?

4. What does the governess do about Miles' expulsion in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 4, how does the governess view her charges?

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