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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does James look down on his wife Dorothy a bit?
(a) Because before they married she had only lived with a farm family.
(b) Because she could not read.
(c) Because she could not cook.
(d) Because the Furnivall's looked down on her.

2. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) James.
(c) A pastor.
(d) Bessy.

3. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?
(a) The library.
(b) The east drawing room.
(c) Miss Furnivall's room.
(d) The kitchen.

4. Why does Dorothy say Hester cannot take Miss Rosamond away from the Manor House?
(a) Because Miss Furnivall will kill her.
(b) Because Rosamond is the Lord's ward.
(c) Because Miss Rosamond would not want to leave.
(d) Because she could never care for the child on her own.

5. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?
(a) A strange man.
(b) A child's footprints in the snow.
(c) A snowman.
(d) Miss Rosamond playing in the courtyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is rumored to "soften" the old lord?

2. How old is Miss Furnivall who lives in the Manor House where Miss Rosamond and the nursemaid are sent?

3. What is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?

4. In what part of the house does the nursemaid say she never opened the doors?

5. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?

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