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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jane, what three things, when combined, make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key?
(a) Dreams, sympathies, and signs.
(b) Imaginings, presentiments, and sympathies.
(c) Dreams, imaginings, and signs.
(d) Presentiments, sympathies, and signs.

2. According to Jane, why is Blanche "too inferior" to excite jealousy?
(a) Because she is unattractive and poor.
(b) Because she is too intelligent and kind.
(c) Because she is too pretty and worldly.
(d) Because she is not good or original.

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

4. What does Mr. Rochester tell Jane about Adele's mother?
(a) That she has betrayed him.
(b) That she jas married him.
(c) That he has left her for another woman.
(d) That she has married someone else.

5. What does the gypsy tell Jane about Blanche's motive for marrying Mr. Rochester?
(a) That she is marrying him for his estate.
(b) That she wants revenge on someone else.
(c) That she does not have long to live.
(d) That she is in love with him.

6. 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.

7. Jane puts on what gift from Miss Temple for her first tea-time with Mr. Rochester?
(a) A diamond watch.
(b) A pearl brooch.
(c) A silver bracelet.
(d) A gold cross.

8. Who orders a lunch of bread and cheese after learning of the girls' inedible breakfast?
(a) Miss Scatcherd.
(b) Miss Temple.
(c) Miss Miller.
(d) Miss Smith.

9. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane regarding his appearance?
(a) Whether she thinks he is youthful.
(b) Whether she thinks he is serious.
(c) Whether she thinks he is handsome.
(d) Whether she thinks he is playful.

10. According to Jane, Bessie once said that to dream of what was a sure sign of trouble?
(a) Church.
(b) Children.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Storms.

11. 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!"?
(a) Miss Temple.
(b) Miss Miller.
(c) Miss Smith.
(d) Miss Scatcherd.

12. According to the gypsy, what is within Jane's reach?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Children.
(d) Power.

13. Why is Jane surprised to learn that Mr. Rochester is the proprietor of Thornfield?
(a) Because she thinks Mr. Rochester is dead.
(b) Because she thinks Mrs. Fairfax is the owner.
(c) Because she thinks Thornfield belongs to Adele.
(d) Because she thinks there is no proprietor at Thornfield.

14. When Mr. Rochester greets Jane upon her return from Thornfield and asks if she can make him handsome, she tells him that _______has power beyond beauty.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Sternness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Loneliness.

15. Regarding the prospect of leaving, Jane tells Mr. Rochester, "I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of ______".
(a) Air.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what booty does Jane retreat when the party arrives with Mr. Rochester?

2. In the red-room, why does Jane rush at the door and shake the lock to escape?

3. According to Jane, she tells Mr. Rochester a wanderer's repose and sinner's reformation do NOT depend on what?

4. Who holds down Jane's arms and threatens to tie her down in the red-room?

5. As Jane watches the group perform, she states to the reader that she could not _____Mr. Rochester merely because he has ceased to notice her.

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