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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) A pastor.
(c) Bessy.
(d) James.

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

3. 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) It will lure her to death.
(d) She should play with her.

4. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?
(a) Scolding the little girl.
(b) Praying.
(c) Crying.
(d) Hitting the little girl.

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

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

7. What does Hester do during the night when Miss Rosamond was returned after wandering outside in the cold?
(a) Paces in the kitchen.
(b) Sits by the child and watches her all night.
(c) Sleeps soundly.
(d) Scolds Dorothy for letting the little girl out of her sight.

8. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?
(a) She says the house is haunted and they should leave while they still can.
(b) She says she does not hear any noise in the night.
(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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?

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

3. What is the nursemaid's name?

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

5. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?

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