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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the governess feel that Miles has her trapped in Chapter 11?
(a) She cannot get away from Bly.
(b) She cannot be the first to mention the ghosts.
(c) She cannot quit her job.
(d) She cannot speak to the employer.

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

3. Who replaces the governess' predecessor immediately?
(a) A nursemaid.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Flora.
(d) Miss Jessel.

4. What does the governess say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?
(a) Tells him he must choose a new school.
(b) Yells at him for being such a bad boy.
(c) Accuses him of stealing.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does the governess talk to Mrs. Grose about in Chapter 11?
(a) The events of the previous night.
(b) Her love for the employer.
(c) Peter Quint and Miss Jessel's relationship.
(d) The children's education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess see in the schoolroom?

2. Whose fate does the governess question Mrs. Grose about?

3. When the governess returns to the house, what does she do?

4. Before going to church, why does the governess return to the house the evening after the morning that she misses church?

5. What is the male child's name?

(see the answer key)

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