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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who replaces the governess' predecessor immediately?
(a) A nursemaid.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Flora.
(d) Miss Jessel.

2. On what street does the governess meet her employer when she first obtains her position at Bly?
(a) Davidson Court.
(b) Harley Street.
(c) Harrison Circle.
(d) Johnson Avenue.

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

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

5. 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) 3 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

6. Who is the governess worried about after realizing the stranger is a ghost?
(a) Herself.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) The children.
(d) The stranger.

7. How does Douglas know the governess?
(a) He marries her.
(b) She is his sister.
(c) She is his cousin.
(d) She is his sister's governess.

8. What is Mrs. Grose's reaction upon the governess' return to Bly after the governess sees the stranger?
(a) Relief.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

9. In Chapter 8, why does Mrs. Grose say Miles is bad?
(a) Stole.
(b) Spent time with Peter Quint.
(c) Fought.
(d) Lied.

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

11. What does the stranger do after staring at the governess?
(a) Disappears in a puff of smoke.
(b) Falls from the tower.
(c) Talks to the governess.
(d) Leave the tower.

12. What does the governess feel would better explain Peter Quint's appearance?
(a) Favorite alcoholic drink.
(b) Heritage.
(c) Wages.
(d) Secrets and vices in his life.

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

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

15. What does the governess find when she returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) Flora missing from bed.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) Miles in front of her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children respond to their lessons in Chapter 9?

2. What are Miles and Flora doing while the governess and Mrs. Grose talk in Chapter 11?

3. What does the governess think of the younger child when they first meet?

4. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?

5. Who does the governess first think the stranger is?

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