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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the governess tell about the stranger she sees while taking her walk?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Flora.
(c) No one.
(d) Miles.

2. What does Miss Jessel say to Mrs. Grose's concerns about Miles spending time with Peter Quint?
(a) Will help her.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Cried.
(d) Mind her business.

3. What is Mrs. Grose's reaction upon the governess' return to Bly after the governess sees the stranger?
(a) Fear.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Anger.
(d) Relief.

4. What is the problem with the person Mrs. Grose identifies from the governess' description of the stranger?
(a) He lives far away.
(b) He is Mrs. Grose's former lover.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He wants to murder the children.

5. What does the governess cling to as the children's saving point?
(a) Fear.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Unawareness.

6. In the introduction, what time of year is it when the group, which includes Douglas and the unnamed narrator, initially gather?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Narrator's Birthday.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) New Year's Eve.

7. What does Mrs. Grose think about the governess' story about the stranger?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Lying.
(c) Trying to scare her.
(d) Believes her.

8. What does the governess decide to say about Miles being expelled?
(a) She yells at Miles.
(b) She blames the school.
(c) She cries.
(d) Nothing.

9. How does Mrs. Grose learn about the last governess' death?
(a) Police report.
(b) Letter from employer.
(c) Miles tells her.
(d) Finds body.

10. What does the governess think about Miles' expulsion when she first sees him?
(a) It is a joke.
(b) He probably did something very bad.
(c) He does not deserve it.
(d) Miles forged the letter because he hates school.

11. Who offers to tell a scary story about two children?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Narrator.
(c) Governess.
(d) Douglas.

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

13. Who does the governess share a room with?
(a) Flora.
(b) Miles.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Miss Jessel.

14. Who does the governess think Peter Quint is after?
(a) Miles.
(b) Flora.
(c) Employer.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the governess next feel a presence watching her and the children?

2. How many days does it take for Douglas to receive the manuscript of the tale that he tells at the gathering in the introduction?

3. When the governess receives her position at Bly, what is the odd request that her employer makes of her?

4. What does the governess do when she goes to the hall after sensing movement?

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

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