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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator transcribe the story?
(a) From the recording he taped the day he heard the story.
(b) From his photographic memory.
(c) From the original manuscript left to him upon Douglas' death.
(d) From his notes from interviewing the governess.

2. When the governess sees someone from the dining room in Chapter 4, what does this person do when the governess goes outside?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Cry.
(c) Attack her.
(d) Scream.

3. What are the governess' plans after Miles' holiday?
(a) To send Miles to a new school.
(b) Nothing.
(c) To argue with his school about expelling him.
(d) To quit her job.

4. Who writes the original story?
(a) Douglas' sister.
(b) The governess.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Narrator.

5. Where is the stranger standing when the governess first sees him during her favorite time of day?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) On the tower.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the school provides for Miles' expulsion?

2. Who does the governess tell about the stranger she sees while taking her walk?

3. What is the title of the story that Douglas tells to the group in the introduction?

4. What prevents the Bly household from attending church one Sunday morning?

5. Who does the governess compare the stranger to?

(see the answer key)

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