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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. When May arrives at Lowood, what is the "fog-bred pestilence" that arrives to transform the school into a hospital?
(a) Small pox.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Polio.
(d) Typhus.

2. According to Jane, what hour in the evening has provided "the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty?"
(a) Play-hour.
(b) Final-hour.
(c) Dinner-hour.
(d) Breakfast-hour.

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

4. According to Mr. Brocklehurst, Miss Temple NOT should not accustom the girls to what?
(a) Habits of obedience and servitude.
(b) Habits of luxury and indulgence.
(c) Habits of pleasure and moderation.
(d) Habits of poverty and frugality.

5. What is the weather like as the novel opens?
(a) Warm and sunny.
(b) Temperate and mild.
(c) Hot and muggy.
(d) Cold and rainy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane is speaking to whom when she states, "I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty."

2. Whom does Jane meet when she first arrives at Lowood?

3. How does Miss Temple respond to Jane's defense of her character in light of Mr. Brocklehurst's accusation?

4. What does Jane first eat at Lowood that is disgusting, but is devoured out of hunger?

5. What is inscribed on Helen's grave besides her name?

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