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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Jane referring when she thinks, "I will put her to some test, such absolute impenetrability is past comprehension"?
(a) Mrs. Fairfax.
(b) Grace Poole.
(c) Adele.
(d) Sophie.

2. According to Jane, who bullies and punishes her "not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually?"
(a) Eliza.
(b) Georgiana.
(c) John.
(d) Bessie.

3. What does Mr. Mason tell the surgeon about his shoulder?
(a) That someone has stabbed him.
(b) That someone has bit him.
(c) That someone hafs pushed him.
(d) That someone has shot him.

4. In the red-room, why does Jane rush at the door and shake the lock to escape?
(a) Because Bessie has threatened to strike her with a whip.
(b) Because she thinks there is a ghost in the room.
(c) Because she is cold and wants to light the fire.
(d) Because John is taunting her in the room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane first encounter Mr. Rochester?

2. As she overhears Miss Abbot's and Bessie's conversation, Jane learns her parents died from what?

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

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. Regarding the prospect of leaving, Jane tells Mr. Rochester, "I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of ______".

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jane's first impression of Thornfield in her new position as governess, and why is this significant?

2. What appeared in a dream that Bessie once had that was a bad omen, and what does this foreshadow in the novel?

3. How does Jane respond to Mr. Rochester's inquiry about whether she finds him attractive, and why is this significant?

4. How is Mr. Rochester's response to Jane's homecoming from Gateshead revealing?

5. What does Jane tell the gypsy about her art, and why is this significant?

6. How do Bessie and Mr. Lloyd help Jane after she is punished in the Red Room, and why is this significant?

7. When Rochester returns with Blanche and a large party, how do they treat Jane, and why is this significant?

8. What does the gypsy ask Jane, and why is this significant?

9. Why is Jane forbidden to sit with Mrs. Reed and the children, and how is this significant?

10. What does Mr. Rochester demand of Jane and Mr. Mason when they are left alone together, and what does it signify?

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