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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who plans to meet Miles on the carriage when he returns to Bly from school?
(a) Mrs. Grose and Flora.
(b) The governess and Miss Jessel.
(c) The governess and Flora.
(d) The governess and Mrs. Grose.

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

3. What do the governess and Miles discuss on the way to Miles' room after she finds him standing on the lawn?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) His expulsion.
(c) The ghosts.
(d) Nothing.

4. Where does the governess next feel a presence watching her and the children?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) At the lake.
(c) From the tower.
(d) In the classroom.

5. Why is the governess worried that she cannot save the children?
(a) Employer will prevent her.
(b) Already lost.
(c) Ghosts too strong.
(d) Unaware of ghosts.

6. Who does the governess compare the stranger to?
(a) Luke.
(b) Miles.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Employer.

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Grose feel about the situation in Chapter 8?
(a) Wants to tell the employer.
(b) Wants to beat the children.
(c) Thinks the governess is a liar.
(d) Believes the governess.

10. Who does the governess admit being taken by?
(a) Flora.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Employer.

11. What is the governess' favorite time of day?
(a) Midnight.
(b) The last hour of daylight after the children are retired.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Bedtime.

12. Who does the governess see in the hallway after sensing movement?
(a) Flora.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Miles.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

13. How do the children respond to their lessons in Chapter 9?
(a) Refuse to do them.
(b) Excel.
(c) Confused.
(d) Fail.

14. How many days does it take for Douglas to receive the manuscript of the tale that he tells at the gathering in the introduction?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

15. In Chapter 11, who does the governess confide in about Miles' and Flora's odd behavior?
(a) Flora.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess do when she goes to the hall after sensing movement?

2. What prevents the Bly household from attending church one Sunday morning?

3. In Chapter 3, who does the governess pick up in the carriage?

4. What is the name of the estate where the governess works?

5. What does the governess decide to say about Miles being expelled?

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