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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. What sound can be heard just as Hester and Miss Rosamond see the little girl out in the snow?
2. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
3. Why is Miss Rosamond concerned about the little girl when she and Hester see her in the snow outside?
4. What are Dorothy and Agnes doing when Hester sees them after she and Rosamond saw the little girl outside in the snow?
5. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond was when she returns from church?
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. How does Miss Furnivall react when she hears Miss Rosamond's story of why she ran off that cold winter day?
3. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?
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. 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?
7. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?
8. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.
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?
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 about the author of “The Old Nurse’s Story.” Who is she? What else has she written? How is “The Old Nurse’s Story.”similar or different from her other works?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss following elements of narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
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