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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?
(a) Napping.
(b) Searching for Miss Rosamond.
(c) Searching for the organ player.
(d) Going to church.

2. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?
(a) Astonished.
(b) Proud.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Frightened.

3. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?
(a) A crying woman.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) An old man.

4. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?
(a) Mrs. Stark.
(b) Miss Furnivall's older sister.
(c) Miss Furnivall's mother.
(d) Miss Furnivall's daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond feel around Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark when they first meet them?

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

4. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?

5. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?

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