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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 9 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Define setting and discuss the significance of the setting of the Manor House in "The Old Nurse's Story."

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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