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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
(a) Admission.
(b) Denial.
(c) Cried.
(d) Mind business.

2. In Chapter 11, who does the governess confide in about Miles' and Flora's odd behavior?
(a) Flora.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Miles.

3. What do the governess and Miles discuss on the way to Miles' room after she finds him standing on the lawn?
(a) His expulsion.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) The ghosts.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Mrs. Grose say about Miles' expulsion?
(a) He would never harm anyone.
(b) He is a very bad boy.
(c) She does not believe the governess is telling the truth.
(d) She is glad.

5. What does the governess do with the children's letters to their uncle?
(a) Saves them in her own collection.
(b) Mails them to her employer.
(c) Burns them.
(d) Tells the children that she will not send them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Grose claim to be referring to when she says "he" prefers them young and pretty?

2. Who replaces the governess' predecessor immediately?

3. How does Mrs. Grose feel about the situation in Chapter 8?

4. Where is the governess' predecessor when she dies?

5. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?

(see the answer key)

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