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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. 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 library.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The billiard room.

2. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?
(a) Bessy saw Miss Rosamond outside alone.
(b) Dorothy saw Miss Rosamond talking to herself.
(c) There are no little girls living nearby.
(d) There is only one set of footprints in the snow.

3. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
(a) A child screaming.
(b) The servants laughing.
(c) Ladies whispering.
(d) An organ playing.

4. What sound can be heard just as Hester and Miss Rosamond see the little girl out in the snow?
(a) Thunder.
(b) The organ.
(c) The dinner bell.
(d) Miss Furnivall screaming.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?

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

5. What does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went 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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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