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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As she comforts Jane after Mr. Brocklehurst leaves, Helen tells her, "If all the world ________ you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience ________ you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without __________."
(a) Envied; disapproved; enemies.
(b) Hated; approved; friends.
(c) Hated; disapproved; friends.
(d) Envied; approved; enemies.

2. According to Jane, why are the girls predisposed to becoming ill so that forty-five out of eighty are afflicted?
(a) Because of lack of exercise and too many sweets.
(b) Because of stifling heat and a fatty diet.
(c) Because of physical abuse and lack of vitamins.
(d) Because of semi-starvation and neglected colds.

3. With what booty does Jane retreat when the party arrives with Mr. Rochester?
(a) Bedding.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Jewelry.

4. When Mr. Rochester gives Adele her gift, he tells Jane that he is not fond of what?
(a) The moodiness of children.
(b) The dishonesty of servants.
(c) The prattle of children.
(d) The absence of adults.

5. Why are Jane and other girls forced to part with their portion of food at Lowood during the cold winter months?
(a) Because the smallest girls need the food.
(b) Because the younger girls are not allowed more than one portion.
(c) Because the older girls menace them into doing so.
(d) Because the teachers tell them to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Rochester's dog?

2. Jane puts on what gift from Miss Temple for her first tea-time with Mr. Rochester?

3. What is the subject of Leah's and the charwoman's conversation that Jane overhears, and is dropped once they perceive her?

4. 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?

5. When May arrives at Lowood, what is the "fog-bred pestilence" that arrives to transform the school into a hospital?

(see the answer key)

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