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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the governess do when she goes to the hall after sensing movement?
(a) Wake Flora.
(b) Run away from Bly.
(c) Summon Mrs. Grose.
(d) Lock the door from the outside.
2. What does Mrs. Grose think about the governess' story about the stranger?
(a) Believes her.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Lying.
(d) Trying to scare her.
3. Who does the governess share a room with?
(a) Miles.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Flora.
4. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?
(a) He wants to leave Bly.
(b) He wants her to think of him as bad.
(c) He is ten years old.
(d) He wants a new friend.
5. Who does the governess believe the presence at the lake is?
(a) Peter Quint.
(b) The children's mother.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) The children's father.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
2. How does the governess describe the stranger to Mrs. Grose?
3. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?
4. How does the narrator transcribe the story?
5. What does Flora complain about when the governess returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Mrs. Grose's opinion about Miss Jessel and Peter Quint when the governess questions her about them.
2. Describe Mrs. Grose's version of why Miles is bad.
3. Why does Miles say he stole the governess' letter to his uncle, and what does he do with it?
4. Describe how the governess comes to be in Miles' room.
5. What happens when Peter Quint appears at the window in the last chapter as the governess and Miles discuss Miles stealing the governess' letter to his uncle?
6. Why does the governess feel that she must stay at Bly with Miles after she sends Mrs. Grose and Flora to her employer?
7. After confiding in the housekeeper about the ghosts and Miles standing on the lawn, what does the governess think about Mrs. Grose?
8. Explain the governess' afterthoughts about first seeing the stranger on the tower while taking her evening walk.
9. How does Flora react to the supernatural presence at the lake, and how does the governess believe Flora will react to questioning about the ghosts at Bly?
10. What are Miles' reasons for wanting to return to school?
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