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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?
(a) She says she does not hear any noise in the night.
(b) She says the house is haunted and they should leave while they still can.
(c) She says it was the old lord playing as he used to while he was alive.
(d) She says it was the people who live in the east wing.

2. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Outside.
(c) The nursing.
(d) The drawing room.

3. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?
(a) Mrs. Stark.
(b) Miss Furnivall's mother.
(c) Miss Furnivall's older sister.
(d) Miss Furnivall's daughter.

4. Why does the nursemaid ask Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one morning?
(a) The nursemaid's father was ill and she wanted to visit him.
(b) The nursemaid was ill and needed to rest.
(c) Miss Rosamond had been driving her nuts lately.
(d) It was too cold to take Miss Rosamond to church with her.

5. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?
(a) She begins to shake so badly.
(b) She is getting in the way.
(c) She accuses Hester of losing the child.
(d) She threatens to beat Dorothy.

6. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?
(a) They need to find the little girl and help her.
(b) The house must be haunted and they must leave.
(c) The little girl was probably her mother.
(d) She is making up stories.

7. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?
(a) Rosamond thinks she is sick and seeing things.
(b) She worries the little girl might kill them.
(c) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.
(d) She worries the little girl might die.

8. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?
(a) Searching for the organ player.
(b) Napping.
(c) Searching for Miss Rosamond.
(d) Going to church.

9. What sound can be heard just as Hester and Miss Rosamond see the little girl out in the snow?
(a) Thunder.
(b) The dinner bell.
(c) The organ.
(d) Miss Furnivall screaming.

10. What can Miss Furnivall be heard yelling when Mrs. Stark rushed Hester and Rosamond out of the room after they tell her of the little girl?
(a) She says they must get the girl to the doctor quick.
(b) She asks if she will ever be forgiven.
(c) She tells Hester to leave the house now.
(d) She yells that Rosamond is a liar.

11. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?
(a) She must have a fever.
(b) The child is a liar.
(c) She should play with her.
(d) It will lure her to death.

12. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
(a) Miss Furnivall.
(b) Mrs. Stark.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Bessy.

13. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?
(a) A strange man.
(b) Miss Rosamond playing in the courtyard.
(c) A child's footprints in the snow.
(d) A snowman.

14. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?
(a) Bessy saw Miss Rosamond outside alone.
(b) Dorothy saw Miss Rosamond talking to herself.
(c) There are no little girls living nearby.
(d) There is only one set of footprints in the snow.

15. What is the little girl doing when Hester and Rosamond see her outside in the snow?
(a) Dancing and singing.
(b) Running toward the holly trees.
(c) Banging on the window to be let in.
(d) Crying and rocking herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?

2. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?

3. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?

4. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?

5. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?

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