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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. Who is the author of "Old Nurse's Story"?
(a) Elizabeth Browning.
(b) Elizabeth Gaskell.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Emily Bronte.

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

3. What does Miss Furnivall have a hard time doing?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Walking.
(d) Seeing.

4. What did Dorothy and the nursemaid have in common?
(a) They were both very religious.
(b) They were both from Westmorland.
(c) They were both superstitious.
(d) They were both nursemaids.

5. Who is Miss Furnivall's housemaid?
(a) Mrs. Stark.
(b) Mrs. Dorothy.
(c) Mrs. Starlet.
(d) Mrs. James.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the first servants the nursemaid meets after meeting Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall?

3. What part of the house do Miss Furnivall and her housemaid sit?

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

5. How is Mrs. Furnivall's housemaid described?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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