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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. How does St. John answer Miss Oliver's inquiries about coming to visit?
(a) Like a little boy.
(b) Like an automaton.
(c) Like a friend.
(d) Like a passionate lover.

2. When Jane recalls her dreams to Mr. Rochester about Thornfield's being in a dreary ruin, what does she tell him she is carrying in a shawl?
(a) A child.
(b) A bible.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A rose.

3. Why does Mr. Oliver invite her to spend the evening at Vale Hall?
(a) Because he has heard that she knew Mr. Rochester.
(b) Because he wants to hire her as a governess.
(c) Because he is in love with her.
(d) Because he likes the portrait she made of Rosamond.

4. According to Mr. Rochester, why does he have to go to Jamaica?
(a) Because his brother is buried there.
(b) Because he has arranged to be married.
(c) Because he is in trouble with the law.
(d) Because his father has business there.

5. The record of marriage the person reads to stop the wedding is from how many years back?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first sentence of the final chapter of "Jane Eyre?"

2. How does St. John respond to Jane's letter announcing her marriage to Mr. Rochester?

3. What feeling comes over Jane when St. John rests his hand on her head one last time so that she is tempted to give in to his proposal?

4. St. John wants Jane to be the mistress of what kind of school?

5. On the day before Jane and Mr. Rochester are to leave to be married, what is written on the labels that Jane cannot bring herself to affix to her trunks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jane run outside after St. John reads from the book of Revelations, and why is it significant?

2. How does St. John discover Jane's true identity?

3. Whom does Jane find in the room following her nightmare the day before the wedding, and what does it foreshadow?

4. What are St. John's feelings for Rosamond Oliver, and how is it significant?

5. How does Mr. Rochester respond to Jane's inquiry about Blanche's feelings regarding their upcoming marriage?

6. How does Jane's fortune change dramatically after her true identity is revealed?

7. What does Jane learn about the Rivers family, and why is it significant?

8. Who does Mr. Rochester show to Mr. Briggs, Mr. Mason, and Jane at Thornfield?

9. What premonition does Jane have about St. John, and how is this significant?

10. Why is Rochester's and Jane's marriage stopped, and what does it mean?

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