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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say Mrs. Stark treats Miss Furnivall?
(a) Like a goddess.
(b) Like a child.
(c) Like a sister.
(d) Like a stranger.

2. Why does the nursemaid question the rumor that Lord Furnivall had wanted to marry Miss Rosamond's mother?
(a) He had been happily married for years.
(b) He and Miss Furnivall had never met.
(c) He seemed to cold to love anyone.
(d) He pays no attention to Miss Rosamond.

3. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?
(a) She feared he would hurt her.
(b) He seemed to know a lot about babies.
(c) He was Miss Rosamond's father.
(d) She did not want him to complain about her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the image of the young Miss Furnivall described from her portrait on the wall?

2. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?

3. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?

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

5. How did Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark begin to behave in Miss Rosamond's presence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the nursemaid speaking to at the very start of "The Old Nurse's Story" and what family member is she telling them about?

2. What is Hester's impression of the Manor House when she and Miss Rosamond first arrive?

3. Who are Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Starks who live in the Manor House? What is Hester and Miss Rosamond's first impression of them?

4. Who came to settle the estate when Miss Rosamond's parents died and what plan did they come up with for Hester and Miss Rosamond?

5. What is Hester's relationship to the children's mother and what does she think of their mother?

6. What did Miss Furnivall ask of Hester on her deathbed? How did Hester feel about the request?

7. Who are James and Dorothy? What is their position in the Furnivall household? How does James feel about the Furnivalls and about Dorothy?

8. What portraits lined the walls of the Manor House? Who asked Dorothy to tell her who was in each portrait? Which portrait shows a beautiful but scornful young woman?

9. What had Hester heard about the Lord Furnivall's feelings about Miss Rosamond's mother and why does she feel it might not be true?

10. Who were Miss Rosamond's parents and what happened to them when she was around 4 or 5?

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