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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 it was the old lord playing as he used to while he was alive.
(c) She says it was the people who live in the east wing.
(d) She says the house is haunted and they should leave while they still can.

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

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

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

5. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?
(a) Miss Furnivall is blind.
(b) There is no organ in the house.
(c) Miss Furnivall hands are too weak.
(d) The organ is old and broken.

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

7. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
(a) The billiard room.
(b) The drawing room.
(c) The library.
(d) The kitchen.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 die.
(c) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.
(d) She worries the little girl might kill them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?

2. What sound can be heard just as Hester and Miss Rosamond see the little girl out in the snow?

3. Where was Miss Rosamond found when she wandered outside in the cold?

4. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?

5. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?

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