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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom is Mrs. Fairfax describing to Jane that is "Tall, fine bust, sloping shoulder; long graceful neck; olive complexion, dark and clear; noble features"?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Blanche Ingram.
(c) Mrs. Eshton.
(d) Mary Ingram.

2. What is the gypsy doing when Jane enters the library?
(a) Reading and muttering.
(b) Reading and drinking.
(c) Drinking and rocking.
(d) Eating and muttering.

3. According to Jane, as she observes Mr. Rochester's talking with Louisa and Amy Eshton, she thinks that she understands the language of his countenance, though _____ and ________sever them.
(a) Rank; wealth.
(b) Taste; feeling.
(c) Feeling; wealth.
(d) Rank; taste.

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

5. How long does Jane stay at Gateshead before returning to Thornfield?
(a) One week.
(b) One year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

6. What hope does Jane cherish that she has "no right to conceive"?
(a) That she has inherited money from a relative.
(b) That Mr. Rochester's marriage to Blanche Ingram is off.
(c) That she will be allowed to take leave of Thornfield.
(d) That her position as governess will continue.

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

8. Mr. Rochester compares Jane to what as she tries to free from his embrace?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

9. 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 does not have long to live.
(c) That she is in love with him.
(d) That she wants revenge on someone else.

10. As Mr. Rochester and Jane discuss the prospect of her going to Ireland, what does Jane begin to do when she hears a nightingale?
(a) Run.
(b) Sob.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Laugh.

11. 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 Thornfield belongs to Adele.
(c) Because she thinks there is no proprietor at Thornfield.
(d) Because she thinks Mrs. Fairfax is the owner.

12. When Jane addresses the reader on her way to Thornfield for the first time, she states that "though I look ______accommodated, I am not very________in my mind."
(a) Comfortably; troubled.
(b) Uncomfortably; troubled.
(c) Luxuriously; pleasing.
(d) Comfortably; tranquil.

13. What is the name of Mr. Rochester's dog?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Dexter.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Pilot.

14. Why does Mrs. Reed forbid Jane from joining her, Eliza, John, and Georgiana in the drawing-room?
(a) Because she feels Jane has too much of a sociable and childlike disposition.
(b) Because her children have complained that Jane is getting all the attention.
(c) Because she feels Jane is contagious and does not want her children to get sick.
(d) Because she feels Jane does not have a sociable and childlike disposition.

15. 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.
(a) Forgive.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Unlove.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Adele speak fluently?

2. Why does Mr. Rochester fetch Jane in the middle of the night to help Mr. Mason?

3. When Jane first arrives at Thornfield, how does Mrs. Fairfax treat her that surprises her?

4. 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."

5. 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.

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