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

2. What does Adele tell Jane about the big horse-chestnut at the bottom of the orchard?
(a) That a fire has burned it down.
(b) That someone has carved its trunk.
(c) That lightning has split it in two.
(d) That someone has cut it down.

3. 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) Mary Ingram.
(d) Mrs. Eshton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When May arrives at Lowood, what is the "fog-bred pestilence" that arrives to transform the school into a hospital?

2. Jane puts on what gift from Miss Temple for her first tea-time with Mr. Rochester?

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

4. According to Jane, women are supposed to be generally calm, but they feel what?

5. What is the weather like as the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Helen Burns treated by Miss Scatcherd, and how does she respond?

2. From what do the girls at Lowood suffer when Spring arrives, and how is this significant?

3. What are the conditions like at Lowood, and what does it signify about the educational system?

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

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

6. Why does Mr. Rochester insist Jane join the party each evening in the drawing room?

7. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how is this significant?

8. On her deathbed, Mrs. Reed informs Jane of what, and why is this significant?

9. What are the girls fed when Jane first arrives at Lowood that no one can eat, and why is this significant?

10. Why does Jane stay at Gateshead after Mrs. Reed passes, and why is this significant?

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