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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 fear in Chapter 21?
(a) That Mrs. Grose will die if she sees the ghosts.
(b) That Flora will use the incident to portray the governess poorly to her uncle and get rid of the governess.
(c) That Flora will get sick and die.
(d) That Miles will run away.

2. Where does the governess search for Flora?
(a) At the lake.
(b) In the classroom.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) At her uncle's house.

3. What is the reason for Miles' request?
(a) He does not like the governess.
(b) He wants to experience more life and spend time with similar people.
(c) He wants to tell the governess about Peter Quint.
(d) He misses his parents.

4. How does the governess justify her theory?
(a) Flora left a note.
(b) She just knows.
(c) She has seen Flora do it before.
(d) Flora is not a child at times but an old woman.

5. In Chapter 12, what does the governess feel is her primary goal?
(a) Banishing the ghosts.
(b) Getting a new job.
(c) Saving the children.
(d) Not disturbing the master.

6. What do the governess and children avoid mentioning?
(a) The children's parents.
(b) The employer.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) The ghosts.

7. What does Mrs. Grose see?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her employer.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) Miss Jessel.

8. What does Miles ask the governess in Chapter 14?
(a) When he can return to school.
(b) When the governess is leaving.
(c) Why Peter Quint cannot be his friend.
(d) When his parents are coming back.

9. On the evening that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly, what does the governess reflect upon as she waits for Miles to join her?
(a) That she is fighting something unnatural.
(b) Her feelings for her employer.
(c) The fact that she does not like children.
(d) How much she misses Mrs. Grose and Flora.

10. What does the governess tell Mrs. Grose she did instead of attending church?
(a) Visit her employer.
(b) Go shopping.
(c) Pack her bags.
(d) Return to the house.

11. What does the governess expect as a result of skipping church?
(a) Remonstrations.
(b) Her employer to arrive.
(c) The children to disappear.
(d) To be fired.

12. What does the governess suspect about the children's relationship with the ghosts?
(a) Mrs. Grose is in love with the employer.
(b) The employer will visit Bly soon.
(c) Miles and Flora meet Miss Jessel and Peter Quint regularly.
(d) That she will die at Bly.

13. What does Miles tell the governess as he prepares to go outside in Chapter 23?
(a) That he will never see her again.
(b) That he will tell her everything eventually.
(c) That he hates his uncle.
(d) That he plans to see Peter Quint.

14. Who does Miles say he likes?
(a) Flora and the governess.
(b) His uncle and Flora.
(c) Mrs. Grose and Luke.
(d) Peter Quint and Miss Jessel.

15. What is the governess unable to do that night?
(a) Eat her dinner.
(b) Write a letter to her employer.
(c) See the ghosts.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates the ghosts' presence to the governess?

2. What does Miles claim as he invites the governess inside his room?

3. What do the governess and Miles discuss after dinner in Chapter 23?

4. What does the governess receive instead?

5. What does Miles claim to want?

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