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

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

2. How does Jane first encounter Mr. Rochester?
(a) He has fallen with his horse.
(b) He has fallen down the staircase.
(c) He has fallen off his chair.
(d) He has fallen out of his coach.

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

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

5. What does Mr. Brocklehurst accuse Jane of being after making her sit on a stool in front of the class?
(a) A liar.
(b) A thief.
(c) An atheist.
(d) A bully.

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

7. Jane discovers the gypsy to be whom?
(a) Blanche.
(b) Mr. Rochester.
(c) Mrs. Fairfax.
(d) Mr. Eshton.

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

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

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

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

12. What is inscribed on Helen's grave besides her name?
(a) Religious loci.
(b) Resurgam.
(c) Regnat populace.
(d) Redivivus.

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

14. 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) Mary Ingram.
(c) Mrs. Eshton.
(d) Blanche Ingram.

15. When Mr. Rochester suggests Jane get a position in Ireland to educate the five daughters of Mrs. Dionysius O'Gall, Jane proclaims that the sea is a barrier to what?
(a) To marriage.
(b) To her family.
(c) To Gateshead.
(d) To Mr. Rochester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Jane, in her final eight years at Lowood, "stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion"?

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

3. 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!"?

4. As Mr. Rochester and Jane discuss the prospect of her going to Ireland, what does Jane begin to do when she hears a nightingale?

5. Whom does Blanche treat with coldness and acrimony?

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