View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 9 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the nursemaid ask Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one morning?
(a) It was too cold to take Miss Rosamond to church with her.
(b) The nursemaid was ill and needed to rest.
(c) Miss Rosamond had been driving her nuts lately.
(d) The nursemaid's father was ill and she wanted to visit him.

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

3. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) An old man.
(c) A crying woman.
(d) Dorothy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?

2. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?

3. What is the nursemaid's name?

4. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?

5. What does Hester do during the night when Miss Rosamond was returned after wandering outside in the cold?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?

2. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.

3. Where does Hester go when she asked Dorothy to watch Miss Rosamond one Sunday? Why did she not take Miss Rosamond? Who does Hester go with?

4. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?

5. What does Dorothy tell Hester about Miss Furnivall's sister when they are looking at an old portrait of Miss Furnivall? How does Dorothy behave when she shows Hester the portrait?

6. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?

7. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?

8. Which servant tells Hester what she has heard about the source of the organ music she hears playing in the night? What does she tell her?

9. How does Miss Furnivall react when she hears Miss Rosamond's story of why she ran off that cold winter day?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 977 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample