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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Miss Furnivall.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Mrs. Stark.

2. How old is Miss Furnivall who lives in the Manor House where Miss Rosamond and the nursemaid are sent?
(a) In her 30s.
(b) In her teens.
(c) In her 80s.
(d) In her 50s.

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

4. 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.

5. In what part of the house does the nursemaid say she never opened the doors?
(a) The west wing.
(b) The attic.
(c) The east wing.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?

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

3. When Maude decides to bring her daughter to the Manor House, what does she lead people to believe about the child?

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

5. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?

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