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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Rochester suggests Jane get a position in Ireland to educate the five daughters of Mrs. Dionysius O'Gall, Jane proclaims that the sea is a barrier to what?
(a) To her family.
(b) To marriage.
(c) To Gateshead.
(d) To Mr. Rochester.

2. After Jane tells Mr. Rochester that Mr. Mason has arrived, what does he exclaim?
(a) "Mason - the West Indies!"
(b) "Mason - we must go!"
(c) "Mason - in England!"
(d) "Mason - go fetch him!"

3. According to Jane, what three things, when combined, make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key?
(a) Dreams, sympathies, and signs.
(b) Imaginings, presentiments, and sympathies.
(c) Presentiments, sympathies, and signs.
(d) Dreams, imaginings, and signs.

4. According to Jane, what hour in the evening has provided "the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty?"
(a) Breakfast-hour.
(b) Play-hour.
(c) Dinner-hour.
(d) Final-hour.

5. Why does Mrs. Reed forbid Jane from joining her, Eliza, John, and Georgiana in the drawing-room?
(a) Because she feels Jane has too much of a sociable and childlike disposition.
(b) Because she feels Jane is contagious and does not want her children to get sick.
(c) Because she feels Jane does not have a sociable and childlike disposition.
(d) Because her children have complained that Jane is getting all the attention.

6. What does Mr. Mason tell the surgeon about his shoulder?
(a) That someone hafs pushed him.
(b) That someone has shot him.
(c) That someone has bit him.
(d) That someone has stabbed him.

7. According to Mr. Rochester, Jane is ______, quiet, _______, and simple.
(a) Worldly; grave.
(b) Quaint; grave.
(c) Worldly; cheerful.
(d) Quaint; cheerful.

8. While on her deathbed, what does Mrs. Reed ask Jane to fetch from her dressing-case?
(a) A will from Mrs. Reed's husband, John Reed.
(b) A letter from Jane's uncle, John Eyre.
(c) A package from Jane's mother, Jane Eyre.
(d) A pamphlet from Jane's cousin, Eliza Reed.

9. According to Jane, why is Blanche "too inferior" to excite jealousy?
(a) Because she is too intelligent and kind.
(b) Because she is too pretty and worldly.
(c) Because she is unattractive and poor.
(d) Because she is not good or original.

10. What does Mr. Rochester forbid Mr. Mason and Jane to do before he departs?
(a) Converse.
(b) Dine.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Leave.

11. When Jane wakes up in her own bed after fainting in the red-room, why is Mr. Lloyd in the room and NOT a physician?
(a) Because the physician Mrs. Reed has employed is out of town.
(b) Because Mrs. Reed has employed an apothecary to care for Jane and the servants.
(c) Because the nearest physician lives in Bath.
(d) Because Mr. Lloyd is studying to become a physician.

12. Whom does Blanche treat with coldness and acrimony?
(a) Adele.
(b) Mrs. Eshton.
(c) Mr. Rochester.
(d) Amy.

13. What does Mr. Rochester tell Jane about Adele's mother?
(a) That she has married someone else.
(b) That he has left her for another woman.
(c) That she has betrayed him.
(d) That she jas married him.

14. During what month does Jane return to see Mrs. Reed at Gateshead?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) November.
(d) October.

15. What does the gypsy tell Jane about Blanche's motive for marrying Mr. Rochester?
(a) That she is marrying him for his estate.
(b) That she is in love with him.
(c) That she wants revenge on someone else.
(d) That she does not have long to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Jane stay at Gateshead before returning to Thornfield?

2. Why are Jane and other girls forced to part with their portion of food at Lowood during the cold winter months?

3. Why is Jane taken and locked in the red-room?

4. What does Mr. Brocklehurst accuse Jane of being after making her sit on a stool in front of the class?

5. When Jane addresses the reader on her way to Thornfield for the first time, she states that "though I look ______accommodated, I am not very________in my mind."

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