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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As she overhears Miss Abbot's and Bessie's conversation, Jane learns her parents died from what?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Small pox.

2. 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; approved; enemies.
(b) Hated; disapproved; friends.
(c) Envied; disapproved; enemies.
(d) Hated; approved; friends.

3. Who, according to Jane, in her final eight years at Lowood, "stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion"?
(a) Miss Scatcherd.
(b) Mrs. Brocklehurst.
(c) Miss Miller.
(d) Miss Temple.

4. According to Mr. Rochester, Jane is ______, quiet, _______, and simple.
(a) Worldly; grave.
(b) Quaint; cheerful.
(c) Quaint; grave.
(d) Worldly; cheerful.

5. After the disease abates at Lowood, what discovery is made that is mortifying to Mr. Brocklehurst?
(a) The discovery of the ill-treatment and poor conditions at the school.
(b) The discovery of abducted children and slave wages at the school.
(c) The discovery of scandalous behavior and excessive opulence at the school.
(d) The discovery of missing funds and abusive teachers at the school.

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

7. 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) Uncomfortably; troubled.
(b) Comfortably; troubled.
(c) Luxuriously; pleasing.
(d) Comfortably; tranquil.

8. During what month does Jane return to see Mrs. Reed at Gateshead?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) May.

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

10. Whom does Blanche treat with coldness and acrimony?
(a) Mr. Rochester.
(b) Adele.
(c) Amy.
(d) Mrs. Eshton.

11. According to Jane, she tells Mr. Rochester a wanderer's repose and sinner's reformation do NOT depend on what?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) A fellow creature.
(d) The queen.

12. 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 Smith.
(b) Miss Scatcherd.
(c) Miss Temple.
(d) Miss Miller.

13. What is the subject of Leah's and the charwoman's conversation that Jane overhears, and is dropped once they perceive her?
(a) Grace Poole.
(b) Jane.
(c) Blanche Ingram.
(d) Mr. Rochester.

14. 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."
(a) John.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Mrs. Reed.

15. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to do as they listen to the nightingale?
(a) Leave him.
(b) Forgive him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Bed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Who arrives at Lowood to see Jane and is mistaken for the carrier by her?

3. Of what game is Jane ignorant that the party proposes to play?

4. How old is Jane when the novel opens?

5. What is the name of the surgeon with whom Mr. Rochester returns?

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