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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond feel around Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark when they first meet them?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Confused.
(d) Inferior.

2. 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 cook.
(c) Because the Furnivall's looked down on her.
(d) Because she could not read.

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

4. Who are the first servants the nursemaid meets after meeting Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall?
(a) Dorothy and James.
(b) Lorna and Curt.
(c) Bessy and Ben.
(d) Henry and Jorge.

5. Who is the author of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) Elizabeth Gaskell.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Elizabeth Browning.
(d) Emily Bronte.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the image of the young Miss Furnivall described from her portrait on the wall?

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

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

4. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?

5. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?

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