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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A white horse.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A little girl.

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

5. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
(a) A child screaming.
(b) The servants laughing.
(c) Ladies whispering.
(d) An organ playing.

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

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

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

9. 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 tells Hester to leave the house now.
(b) She says they must get the girl to the doctor quick.
(c) She yells that Rosamond is a liar.
(d) She asks if she will ever be forgiven.

10. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?
(a) In a fancy dress.
(b) Cozy and warm.
(c) Unfit to be out in the cold.
(d) In rags.

11. 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.

12. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?
(a) Praying.
(b) Making mince pies.
(c) Cleaning bedsheets.
(d) Eating supper.

13. What is the nursemaid's name?
(a) Heather.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Mae.
(d) Hester.

14. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
(a) He said she should leave while she still can.
(b) He said they were having a party.
(c) He says it was the wind.
(d) He tells her the house is haunted.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hester do during the night when Miss Rosamond was returned after wandering outside in the cold?

4. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?

5. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?

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