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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Miss Rosamond's father's occupation?
(a) Driver.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Clergyman.

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

3. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?
(a) They scolded her often.
(b) They spoiled her with sweets.
(c) They brightened.
(d) They ignored her.

4. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Walking.

5. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?
(a) She feared he would hurt her.
(b) He was Miss Rosamond's father.
(c) He seemed to know a lot about babies.
(d) She did not want him to complain about her.

6. Once past the Manor House gates, how long was the road to the house?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) Just a few feet.

7. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?
(a) Gold floors and a diamond encrusted staircase.
(b) A bronze chandelier and a built-in organ.
(c) A marble statue of Lord Furnivall and a golden vase.
(d) A spiral staircase and a line of servants.

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

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

10. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?
(a) James.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Agnes.

11. Whose home do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond move to after her parents death?
(a) Bessy's.
(b) The Esthwaite's.
(c) Miss Dorothy and Mr. James's.
(d) The Furnivall's.

12. What is the name of the baby for whom the narrator was in charge?
(a) Miss Rosamond.
(b) Miss Rochelle.
(c) Miss Rosalie.
(d) Miss Roslyn.

13. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?
(a) They were both nursemaids.
(b) They were both very religious.
(c) They were both superstitious.
(d) They were both from Westmorland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?

2. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?

3. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?

4. Why does James look down on his wife Dorothy a bit?

5. Who was the servant who worked under James and Dorothy?

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