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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 does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?
(a) A snowman.
(b) A child's footprints in the snow.
(c) A strange man.
(d) Miss Rosamond playing in the courtyard.

2. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The billiard room.
(c) The library.
(d) The drawing room.

3. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?
(a) She worries the little girl might kill them.
(b) She worries the little girl might die.
(c) Rosamond thinks she is sick and seeing things.
(d) She worries Miss Furnivall will hurt the little girl.

4. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?
(a) Crying.
(b) Praying.
(c) Scolding the little girl.
(d) Hitting the little girl.

5. What is Hester doing the first time her name is used in the story?
(a) Napping.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Searching for Miss Rosamond.
(d) Searching for the organ player.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miss Rosamond say she and the little girl saw near the holly tree?

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

3. Who does Dorothy tell the nursemaid was even more beautiful than Miss Furnivall?

4. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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