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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nursemaid's name?
(a) Mae.
(b) Heather.
(c) Lorna.
(d) Hester.

2. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
(a) He said she should leave while she still can.
(b) He said they were having a party.
(c) He says it was the wind.
(d) He tells her the house is haunted.

3. 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 tells Hester to leave the house now.
(c) She says they must get the girl to the doctor quick.
(d) She asks if she will ever be forgiven.

4. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?
(a) The house must be haunted and they must leave.
(b) The little girl was probably her mother.
(c) She is making up stories.
(d) They need to find the little girl and help her.

5. How is the little girl said to be dressed when Hester first sees her outside in the snow?
(a) In a fancy dress.
(b) In rags.
(c) Unfit to be out in the cold.
(d) Cozy and warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bessy tell the nursemaid about the sounds she hears during winter nights?

2. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?

3. Where was Miss Rosamond found when she wandered outside in the cold?

4. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?

5. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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. 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?

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

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