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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. 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) She did not want him to complain about her.
(d) He seemed to know a lot about babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the house does the nursemaid say she never opened the doors?

2. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?

3. What is the name of the baby for whom the narrator was in charge?

4. Once past the Manor House gates, how long was the road to the house?

5. How did the narrator feel when her teacher recommended her to work for the children's grandfather?

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