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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the governess feel that Miles has her trapped in Chapter 11?
(a) She cannot speak to the employer.
(b) She cannot quit her job.
(c) She cannot be the first to mention the ghosts.
(d) She cannot get away from Bly.

2. Who does the governess compare the stranger to?
(a) Employer.
(b) Miles.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Luke.

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

4. Who does the governess tell about Miles' expulsion?
(a) Flora.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Employer.
(d) Miss Jessel.

5. What does the governess do about her suspicions concerning the ghosts?
(a) Write to her parents.
(b) Tell her employer.
(c) Keep them to herself.
(d) Ask the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the governess describes the stranger, who does Mrs. Grose believe him to be?

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

3. What does Miss Jessel say to Mrs. Grose's concerns about Miles spending time with Peter Quint?

4. What does Mrs. Grose say about Miles' expulsion?

5. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?

(see the answer key)

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