The Turn of the Screw Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Turn of the Screw Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 think about Miles the first time she sees him?
(a) Demonic.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Beautiful.

2. Who serves as the governess' confidant?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Employer.
(c) Flora.
(d) Miss Jessel.

3. What is the title of the story that Douglas tells to the group in the introduction?
(a) Untitled.
(b) The Governess' Tale.
(c) Turn of the Screw.
(d) The Children.

4. Who sends the governess a letter?
(a) Miles.
(b) Employer.
(c) Parents.
(d) Sweetheart.

5. Who does the governess believe the presence at the lake is?
(a) Miss Jessel.
(b) The children's mother.
(c) The children's father.
(d) Peter Quint.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Douglas know the governess?

4. What does the governess feel would better explain Peter Quint's appearance?

5. How does Flora react to the presence that watches the governess and the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the children's history that the employer tells the governess.

2. Describe Peter Quint's death.

3. Describe Mrs. Grose's opinion about Miss Jessel and Peter Quint when the governess questions her about them.

4. Describe how the governess retrospectively views the period immediately after Miles' arrival at Bly.

5. Why does Mrs. Grose react to the governess' absence from church the way that she does?

6. How do the governess and Mrs. Grose get along?

7. What happens when the governess returns to her bedroom after seeing Peter Quint in the stairway?

8. How does Flora react when the governess accuses her of seeing Miss Jessel at the lake on the evening that Flora sneaks away after dinner?

9. Describe how the governess comes to be in Miles' room.

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

(see the answer keys)

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