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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?
(a) Miss Furnivall's room.
(b) The east drawing room.
(c) The library.
(d) The kitchen.

5. How old is Miss Furnivall who lives in the Manor House where Miss Rosamond and the nursemaid are sent?
(a) In her teens.
(b) In her 80s.
(c) In her 50s.
(d) In her 30s.

6. How does the narrator say Mrs. Stark treats Miss Furnivall?
(a) Like a stranger.
(b) Like a child.
(c) Like a goddess.
(d) Like a sister.

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

8. Where are the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond sent to live after Miss Furnivall died?
(a) South Umberland.
(b) Westmorland.
(c) Cumberland Fells.
(d) North Umberland.

9. 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.

10. Who is the narrator of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) A mother.
(b) A nursemaid.
(c) A housemaid.
(d) A cook.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did James think of the Furnivall's?

5. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?

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