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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the governess find when she returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?

3. After hearing about Miles' expulsion, what does Mrs. Grose admit to the governess?

4. Who does the governess tell about the stranger she sees while taking her walk?

5. When the governess sees someone from the dining room in Chapter 4, what does this person do when the governess goes outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miles say he stole the governess' letter to his uncle, and what does he do with it?

2. In Chapter 2, when the governess first questions Mrs. Grose after learning of Miles' expulsion, what does she learn about her predecessor?

3. What does the governess think about Flora?

4. What does Miles do after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave, and how does the governess feel about it?

5. How do the governess, Mrs. Grose, and Flora each react to Miss Jessel's appearance at the lake on the evening that Flora sneaks away after dinner?

6. How does Flora sneak away from the governess after dinner one night?

7. What is the governess' first impression of Miles?

8. Describe Peter Quint's death.

9. After seeing Peter Quint in the stairway and returning to her room to find Flora behind the window blind, what does the governess see from the window, and what does she think about it?

10. How does Mrs. Grose respond when the governess first tells her about the stranger that she has seen twice at Bly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout "The Turn of the Screw", the governess emphasizes her superiority over other characters and alters her description of events to make herself appear in a better light. Why does the governess do this? Who is she trying to impress, and why? How is the governess in the story different from the governess who reflects upon the events as she writes the manuscript?

Essay Topic 2

Once the governess realizes that Miles and Flora are aware of the ghosts, she no longer sees the children as innocent. How do her feelings change? How does this change her goals concerning her job?

Essay Topic 3

Although Mrs. Grose is of a lower class than the governess, the governess confides in Mrs. Grose about the supernatural events that take place at Bly, and her worries about Miles and Flora. Compare and contrast the governess and Mrs. Grose. How is their friendship unusual? In what ways does the governess rely on Mrs. Grose? In what ways does Mrs. Grose rely on the governess?

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