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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does it take for Douglas to receive the manuscript of the tale that he tells at the gathering in the introduction?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 day.

2. What does the governess think of the younger child when they first meet?
(a) Frightening and possessed.
(b) Clean but secretive.
(c) Charming and beautiful.
(d) Ugly and mean.

3. Who does Flora admit to seeing after the governess returns from her encounter in the hallway?
(a) Miss Jessel.
(b) Miles.
(c) No one.
(d) Peter Quint.

4. How does the governess first feel about her new position?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Apprehensive.
(c) Tired.
(d) Thrilled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the governess worried that she cannot save the children?

2. What does the governess think the ghosts want with the children?

3. What does Miles want to do in Chapter 14?

4. Why does Flora say she arranged her bed to appear that she was still in it while the governess was in the hallway?

5. What happens after the governess' declaration to Miles?

(see the answer key)

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