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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?
(a) She is getting in the way.
(b) She threatens to beat Dorothy.
(c) She accuses Hester of losing the child.
(d) She begins to shake so badly.

3. How soon after Maude was found under the holly tree did the lord die?
(a) Within a year.
(b) A few days.
(c) Within a month.
(d) Six months later.

4. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
(a) The drawing room.
(b) The billiard room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The library.

5. What does Rosamond say about the ghost of the woman and the little girl they see in the east wing?
(a) She says they are the same she saw by the holly tree.
(b) She says they are evil and they must leave.
(c) She says they will lure her to death.
(d) She says they must kill them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?

2. Who are the first servants the nursemaid meets after meeting Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall?

3. What is rumored to "soften" the old lord?

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

5. Who does Hester pray for often despite being afraid of her?

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