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

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

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

4. What time does the governess first see the specter?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Last hour of daylight.
(d) Dawn.

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

6. What does the governess talk to Mrs. Grose about in Chapter 11?
(a) Her love for the employer.
(b) The children's education.
(c) Peter Quint and Miss Jessel's relationship.
(d) The events of the previous night.

7. When the governess receives her position at Bly, what is the odd request that her employer makes of her?
(a) To find a husband for Flora.
(b) To never marry.
(c) Not to contact him for any reason.
(d) To write daily.

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

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

10. What is the housekeeper's name?
(a) Mrs. Grose.
(b) Mrs. Gray.
(c) Mrs. Quint.
(d) Mrs. Genes.

11. When the governess sees someone from the dining room in Chapter 4, what does this person do when the governess goes outside?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Attack her.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

12. How does the governess describe the stranger to Mrs. Grose?
(a) Sad.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Frightening.

13. 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 wanted to play a joke on the governess.
(b) She was planning to run away.
(c) She did not want to frighten the governess.
(d) She did not do it; someone else did.

14. What does seeing the children remind the governess of after she realizes that the children are aware of the ghosts?
(a) Their deceit.
(b) Their safety.
(c) She and her brother as children.
(d) Her job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaces the governess' predecessor immediately?

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. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?

4. What do the governess and Miles discuss on the way to Miles' room after she finds him standing on the lawn?

5. Who enters the dining room after the governess goes outside after seeing someone from the window?

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