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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. Where does Hester take Miss Rosamond when they see the little girl outside in the snow?
2. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?
3. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
4. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?
5. How does the nursemaid know the organ playing cannot be Miss Furnivall as she once thought?
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. 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. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?
4. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.
5. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?
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. 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. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?
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
Write an essay analyzing Gaskell's language style and word choice in “The Old Nurse’s Story.” What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Hester and Miss Rosamond in “The Old Nurse’s Story.” What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Look at the structure of the novel. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
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