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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason the school provides for Miles' expulsion?
(a) He is an injury to others.
(b) He uses bad language.
(c) He fights a lot.
(d) He steals letters.

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

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

4. Who is the governess worried about after realizing the stranger is a ghost?
(a) The stranger.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Herself.
(d) The children.

5. In Chapter 11, who does the governess confide in about Miles' and Flora's odd behavior?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Miles.
(d) Flora.

6. How does the narrator transcribe the story?
(a) From his photographic memory.
(b) From the recording he taped the day he heard the story.
(c) From the original manuscript left to him upon Douglas' death.
(d) From his notes from interviewing the governess.

7. Why does Flora say she arranged her bed to appear that she was still in it while the governess was in the hallway?
(a) She was planning to run away.
(b) She wanted to play a joke on the governess.
(c) She did not want to frighten the governess.
(d) She did not do it; someone else did.

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

9. In Chapter 4, why does the governess think Miles has been expelled?
(a) He is too innocent for the harsh world.
(b) He was cruel to other students.
(c) He was lying.
(d) He was stealing.

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

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

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

13. In Chapter 5, who does the governess confide in about seeing the strange man?
(a) Miles.
(b) Miss Jessel.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Flora.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess find when she returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?

2. How does the governess feel about the housekeeper's extreme happiness to see her?

3. What does the governess say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?

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

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

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