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

2. While outside, who comes toward Hester holding a freezing Miss Rosamond?
(a) James.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) A pastor.
(d) Bessy.

3. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?
(a) A little girl.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A white horse.
(d) Her mother.

4. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?
(a) Making mince pies.
(b) Eating supper.
(c) Cleaning bedsheets.
(d) Praying.

5. To whom does Hester first tell Miss Rosamond's tale of the little girl and the holly tree?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Miss Furnivall and Mrs. Stark.
(c) James.
(d) Dorothy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hester notice outside while she is searching for Miss Rosamond?

2. What does Hester cite as proof Miss Rosamond is making up the story of the little girl?

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

4. Why does Mrs. Stark have to take Miss Furnivall to her room when they cannot find Miss Rosamond?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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