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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX | Chapter X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Brocklehurst's complaint about Julia Severn's hair?
(a) It is cropped.
(b) It is unclean.
(c) It is too long.
(d) It is too curly.

2. What does Jane first eat at Lowood that is disgusting, but is devoured out of hunger?
(a) Burned porridge.
(b) Rancid meat.
(c) Cold gruel.
(d) Grainy soup.

3. How does Miss Temple respond to Jane's defense of her character in light of Mr. Brocklehurst's accusation?
(a) She kisses her.
(b) She ignores her.
(c) She slaps her.
(d) She scolds her.

4. Why is Jane taken and locked in the red-room?
(a) Because she defends herself against John.
(b) Because she defends herself against Bessie.
(c) Because she pulls Georgiana's hair.
(d) Because she tells on Eliza.

5. How old is Jane when the novel opens?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mr. Lloyd questions Jane about her life at Gateshead, Jane's spirit is moved by what prospect which implies "an entire separation from Gateshead, an entrance into a new life?"

2. According to Jane, who bullies and punishes her "not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually?"

3. After the disease abates at Lowood, what discovery is made that is mortifying to Mr. Brocklehurst?

4. As she overhears Miss Abbot's and Bessie's conversation, Jane learns her parents died from what?

5. Who says to Helen, "Burns, you are standing on the side of your shoe; turn your toes out immediately," and "Burns, you poke your chin most unpleasantly; draw it in!"?

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