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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 does Hester say to Miss Rosamond when she explains why she went outside in the cold?
2. What was the nursemaid doing while the man told her where he found Miss Rosamond?
3. 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?
4. What does Miss Furnivall say about the little girl Miss Rosamond claims to have seen outside in the cold?
5. What does James tell the nursemaid when she inquires about the sounds she hears in the night?
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. 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?
3. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?
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. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?
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. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.
8. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?
9. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of “The Old Nurse’s Story.” What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the elements of "The Old Nurse's Story" which give the feel of a traditional ghost story.
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