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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. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?
(a) The nursing.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Outside.
(d) The drawing room.

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

3. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?
(a) In the east wing with Mr. Henry.
(b) In her nursery taking a nap.
(c) In the library reading.
(d) In the drawing room with Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark.

4. Who is speaking when Hester's name is first used in the story?
(a) Miss Furnivall.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Mrs. Stark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?

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

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

4. What is the nursemaid's name?

5. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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. 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?

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