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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall tell Hester she had been hearing the day Mrs. Stark said they needed Hester's help?
(a) Terrible screams and her father's voice.
(b) A lady singing lullabies and crying.
(c) A baby crying in the east wing.
(d) The organ playing louder and louder.

2. What does Miss Rosamond call Hester at the end of the story when she will not let her go to the woman and little girl?
(a) Cold and heartless.
(b) Overprotective.
(c) Ruthless and mean.
(d) Cruel and wicked.

3. How does the narrator say Mrs. Stark treats Miss Furnivall?
(a) Like a stranger.
(b) Like a sister.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like a goddess.

4. What is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?
(a) Crying and rocking herself.
(b) Dancing and singing.
(c) Banging on the window to be let in.
(d) Running toward the holly trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Miss Rosamond's father's occupation?

2. Who was the servant who worked under James and Dorothy?

3. What does the old man use to try to hit the woman and child at the end of the story?

4. Who is the narrator of "Old Nurse's Story"?

5. What is the nursemaid's name?

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