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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flora say about Miss Jessel the night after Mrs. Grose and the governess find her at the lake?
(a) Flora does not know how Miss Jessel is.
(b) Flora admits to seeing Miss Jessel.
(c) Flora claims Miss Jessel is still alive.
(d) Flora continues to deny seeing Miss Jessel.

2. In Chapter 22, what does the governess decide she will have to do to save Miles?
(a) Beat it into him.
(b) Supply "all the nature".
(c) Contact his uncle.
(d) Send him back to school.

3. What does the governess think the ghosts want with the children?
(a) To fill them with evil.
(b) To teach them about death.
(c) They miss the children.
(d) To distrust the governess.

4. How does the governess plan to save Miles?
(a) By confronting him about the ghosts.
(b) By informing her employer about everything going on at Bly.
(c) By isolating him from others.
(d) By challenging his character in order to reach his extraordinary intelligence.

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

6. Who does the governess walk beside on the way to church?
(a) Miles.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Flora.
(d) Peter Quint.

7. What does Miles claim as he invites the governess inside his room?
(a) That Peter Quint wants to see her.
(b) That he has a crush on her.
(c) That his uncle is there.
(d) That she is as loud as a cavalry.

8. What does Miles want to do in Chapter 14?
(a) Live with his uncle.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Convince his uncle to come to Bly.
(d) Make the governess quit.

9. How does Flora react?
(a) Screams at the governess.
(b) Kicks Mrs. Grose in the shins.
(c) Refuses to look at Miss Jessel and looks at the governess accusingly instead.
(d) Runs to Miss Jessel.

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

11. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?
(a) "I will write my uncle if you do not allow me to do what I want."
(b) "I dare you to make me mad."
(c) "I do not like you."
(d) "Think, you know, what I might do."

12. What does Mrs. Grose ask the governess?
(a) Where the children are.
(b) If the governess has seen the ghosts lately.
(c) When their employer is visiting Bly.
(d) If the governess has written the letter to the employer.

13. What does the governess feel will happen if she can convince Miles to confess?
(a) He will be saved and so will she.
(b) Miles will be able to return to school.
(c) The employer will punish Miles.
(d) The ghosts will kill Miles and the governess.

14. 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 hates his uncle.
(c) That he plans to see Peter Quint.
(d) That he will tell her everything eventually.

15. When the governess returns to the house, what does she do?
(a) Write a letter to her employer.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Sit on the steps with her head in her hands.
(d) Pack her bags and leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess frequently argue with herself about?

2. What does the governess expect as a result of skipping church?

3. How does the governess feel that summoning her employer would be viewed?

4. On the evening that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly, what does the governess reflect upon as she waits for Miles to join her?

5. What does the governess do with the letter?

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