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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?
(a) Walking.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Speaking.

2. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?
(a) They spoiled her with sweets.
(b) They ignored her.
(c) They scolded her often.
(d) They brightened.

3. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?
(a) He was Miss Rosamond's father.
(b) He seemed to know a lot about babies.
(c) She feared he would hurt her.
(d) She did not want him to complain about her.

4. Where is the narrator originally from?
(a) North Umberland.
(b) South Umberland.
(c) Eastmorland.
(d) Westmorland.

5. Who is the narrator of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) A cook.
(b) A housemaid.
(c) A mother.
(d) A nursemaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?

2. What did James think of the Furnivall's?

3. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?

4. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?

5. What happens to Miss Rosamond's parents when she was around 4 or 5?

(see the answer key)

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