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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. In what room are Hester and the little girl playing when Miss Rosamond says she sees the little girl again?
4. What does the nursemaid begin to hear during winter nights at the Manor House?
5. What does Miss Rosamond tell Hester she saw outside the day she wandered off?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Dorothy tell Hester Miss Rosamond is when Hester returns to the Manor House that Sunday in winter? Why does Hester worry?
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 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?
4. Where does Hester find Miss Rosamond that Sunday she had left her with Dorothy? Why did Miss Rosamond run off?
5. 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?
6. What does the nursemaid begin to hear in the Manor House on winter nights? What does James say about it? How does Dorothy react?
7. 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?
8. Describe the second time Miss Rosamond sees the little girl when she is with Hester in the billiards room.
9. How does Hester care for Miss Rosamond when she brings her back inside on that cold winter day the little girl ran off?
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
Look at the structure of the novel. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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