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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 compare the stranger to?
(a) Luke.
(b) Miles.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Employer.

2. What else is included in the letter the governess receives?
(a) Money.
(b) Letter from Miles' school.
(c) Engagement ring.
(d) A key.

3. What happens to the first governess?
(a) She died mysteriously.
(b) She was fired.
(c) She married.
(d) She quit.

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

5. How does the governess feel about the housekeeper's extreme happiness to see her?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Happy.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Angry.

6. Who does the governess believe the stranger is?
(a) A trespasser.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Miles.
(d) Luke.

7. What does the governess do about Miles' expulsion in Chapter 9?
(a) Cries about it.
(b) Blames Flora.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Remains silent.

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

9. What does the governess hear outside her door on the first night?
(a) Loud sobbing.
(b) Soft footstep.
(c) Scream.
(d) Chains.

10. Who are the children in relation to the governess' employer?
(a) Step-children.
(b) Children.
(c) Grandchildren.
(d) Nephew and niece.

11. What is the title of the story that Douglas tells to the group in the introduction?
(a) The Governess' Tale.
(b) The Children.
(c) Untitled.
(d) Turn of the Screw.

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

13. Who does the governess see in the hallway after sensing movement?
(a) Flora.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Miles.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

14. What does the governess do about the children in Chapter 9?
(a) Scold them.
(b) Ask them about the ghosts.
(c) Watch them closely.
(d) Send them to their uncle.

15. What is the content of the letter the governess receives?
(a) Miles' expulsion.
(b) Tells the governess she is fired.
(c) Offers a raise in pay.
(d) Marriage proposal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the governess worried about after realizing the stranger is a ghost?

2. What does Flora complain about when the governess returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?

3. Who offers to tell a scary story about two children?

4. What does seeing the children remind the governess of after she realizes that the children are aware of the ghosts?

5. How do the children respond to their lessons in Chapter 9?

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