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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?
(a) He seemed to cold to love anyone.
(b) He pays no attention to Miss Rosamond.
(c) He had been happily married for years.
(d) He and Miss Furnivall had never met.

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

11. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?
(a) Cold, grey, and stony.
(b) Scowling and scrawny.
(c) Plump and jolly.
(d) Ruddy and serene.

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

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

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

15. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?
(a) Mrs. Stark.
(b) Mrs. James.
(c) Mrs. Dorothy.
(d) Mrs. Starlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?

2. What was Miss Rosamond's father's occupation?

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

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

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

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