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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?
(a) "Think, you know, what I might do."
(b) "I will write my uncle if you do not allow me to do what I want."
(c) "I do not like you."
(d) "I dare you to make me mad."

2. How does the governess justify her theory?
(a) Flora left a note.
(b) Flora is not a child at times but an old woman.
(c) She has seen Flora do it before.
(d) She just knows.

3. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?
(a) Stares and disappears down the stairs.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Attacks her.
(d) Cries.

4. In Chapter 12, what does the governess feel is her primary goal?
(a) Not disturbing the master.
(b) Getting a new job.
(c) Saving the children.
(d) Banishing the ghosts.

5. Why is the governess sad?
(a) Because the governess gets fired.
(b) Because the governess has lost Flora to Miss Jessel's interference.
(c) Because Flora likes Peter Quint better than the governess.
(d) Because Miles tells her that he hates her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess forget about?

2. When the governess describes the stranger, who does Mrs. Grose believe him to be?

3. Who does the governess believe the stranger is?

4. Who does the governess think is playing a joke on her in the form of the stranger she sees while taking her walk?

5. Where does the governess think Flora is?

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