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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves as the governess' confidant?
(a) Flora.
(b) Employer.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Miss Jessel.

2. Who does Mrs. Grose claim to be referring to when she says "he" prefers them young and pretty?
(a) Employer.
(b) Luke.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) Miles.

3. Before going to church, why does the governess return to the house the evening after the morning that she misses church?
(a) She rips her skirt.
(b) She forgets her hat.
(c) She forgets her gloves.
(d) She sees a ghost.

4. What are Miles and Flora doing while the governess and Mrs. Grose talk in Chapter 11?
(a) Crying because they miss their parents.
(b) Listening to the governess' conversation.
(c) Hiding in the bushes.
(d) Walking the grounds as Miles reads to Flora.

5. Who does the governess believe the presence at the lake is?
(a) The children's father.
(b) The children's mother.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) Miss Jessel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates the ghosts' presence to the governess?

2. What does the stranger do after staring at the governess?

3. In the introduction, what time of year is it when the group, which includes Douglas and the unnamed narrator, initially gather?

4. How does Flora react to the presence that watches the governess and the children?

5. Why does the governess cry to Mrs. Grose after she feels the presence watching her and the children?

(see the answer key)

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