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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did James think of the Furnivall's?
(a) He had never met them.
(b) He admired them.
(c) He looked down on them.
(d) He feared them.

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

4. Who was the servant who worked under James and Dorothy?
(a) Miss Rosamond.
(b) Agnes.
(c) The nursemaid.
(d) Mrs. Stark.

5. What happens to Miss Rosamond's parents when she was around 4 or 5?
(a) They abandoned her.
(b) They lost all their money.
(c) They split up.
(d) They died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?

3. What can Miss Furnivall be heard yelling when Mrs. Stark rushed Hester and Rosamond out of the room after they tell her of the little girl?

4. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?

5. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?

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