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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 sister.
(b) Like a goddess.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like a stranger.

2. How is the image of the young Miss Furnivall described from her portrait on the wall?
(a) Beautiful but scornful.
(b) Unattractive but proud.
(c) Beautiful and demure.
(d) Scrawny but confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?

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

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