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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. Which servant had spent most of their life with the Furnivall's?
(a) James.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Agnes.
2. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?
(a) The east drawing room.
(b) The west drawing room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The upstairs bedroom.
3. Who is the author of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) Elizabeth Gaskell.
(b) Emily Bronte.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Elizabeth Browning.
4. What are some things the nursemaid first sees when she enters the Manor House?
(a) Gold floors and a diamond encrusted staircase.
(b) A bronze chandelier and a built-in organ.
(c) A marble statue of Lord Furnivall and a golden vase.
(d) A spiral staircase and a line of servants.
5. Where was the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond's room just above in the house?
(a) The library.
(b) Miss Furnivall's room.
(c) The east drawing room.
(d) The kitchen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?
2. How is the image of the young Miss Furnivall described from her portrait on the wall?
3. Whose home do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond move to after her parents death?
4. Why does James look down on his wife Dorothy a bit?
5. How do the nursemaid and Miss Rosamond feel around Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark when they first meet them?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who are Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Starks who live in the Manor House? What is Hester and Miss Rosamond's first impression of them?
3. Who were Miss Rosamond's parents and what happened to them when she was around 4 or 5?
4. What is Hester's impression of the Manor House when she and Miss Rosamond first arrive?
5. What did Miss Furnivall ask of Hester on her deathbed? How did Hester feel about the request?
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 had Hester heard about the Lord Furnivall's feelings about Miss Rosamond's mother and why does she feel it might not be true?
9. 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?
10. What is Hester's relationship to the children's mother and what does she think of their mother?
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