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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the governess think Flora pretends not to see the presence at the lake?
(a) To protect the governess.
(b) Flora is scared.
(c) Flora is angry at the ghost.
(d) The presence would be angry.

3. Whose fate does the governess question Mrs. Grose about?
(a) Peter Quint.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Flora.
(d) Miles.

4. What does the governess see when she looks out a window after waking to find Flora standing by the window?
(a) Miles standing on the lawn, looking at the tower.
(b) Flora waving to her.
(c) Miss Jessel kissing Peter Quint.
(d) Mrs. Grose with the employer.

5. What is the male child's name?
(a) Miles.
(b) Milo.
(c) Mike.
(d) Nick.

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

7. When the governess describes the stranger, who does Mrs. Grose believe him to be?
(a) Miles.
(b) Employer.
(c) A servant at Bly.
(d) Peter Quint.

8. How does Douglas know the governess?
(a) She is his cousin.
(b) She is his sister's governess.
(c) He marries her.
(d) She is his sister.

9. What does Mrs. Grose think about the male child?
(a) Evil.
(b) Remarkable.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Boring.

10. Who does the governess tell about Miles' expulsion?
(a) Flora.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Employer.

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

12. Why is the governess worried that she cannot save the children?
(a) Unaware of ghosts.
(b) Ghosts too strong.
(c) Employer will prevent her.
(d) Already lost.

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

14. What is the governess' primary goal in Chapter 8?
(a) Escape.
(b) Quitting.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Exorcising ghosts.

15. What is the governess and Mrs. Grose's main goal concerning the stranger?
(a) Leaving Bly.
(b) Getting rid of the stranger.
(c) Telling their employer.
(d) Saving the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the first governess?

2. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?

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

4. In Chapter 5, who does the governess confide in about seeing the strange man?

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

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