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

2. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?
(a) A spiral staircase and a line of servants.
(b) Gold floors and a diamond encrusted staircase.
(c) A marble statue of Lord Furnivall and a golden vase.
(d) A bronze chandelier and a built-in organ.

3. Once past the Manor House gates, how long was the road to the house?
(a) Just a few feet.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) Half a mile.

4. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?
(a) Plump and jolly.
(b) Scowling and scrawny.
(c) Ruddy and serene.
(d) Cold, grey, and stony.

5. What happens to Miss Rosamond's parents when she was around 4 or 5?
(a) They abandoned her.
(b) They lost all their money.
(c) They split up.
(d) They died.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the nursemaid wake Miss Rosamond when Mr. Henry asks her to despite not thinking it wise?

4. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?

5. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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