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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What prevents the Bly household from attending church one Sunday morning?
(a) Rain.
(b) Ghosts appear.
(c) Mrs. Grose gets lost.
(d) Flora gets sick.

4. 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) Scream.
(c) Attack her.
(d) Cry.

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

6. How does the governess first feel about her new position?
(a) Tired.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Apprehensive.

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

8. After hearing about Miles' expulsion, what does Mrs. Grose admit to the governess?
(a) Miles is bad.
(b) Mrs. Grose is in love with her employer.
(c) Miles is dangerous.
(d) Mrs. Grose sees dead people.

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

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

11. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?
(a) Cries.
(b) Attacks her.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Stares and disappears down the stairs.

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

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

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

15. What does the governess see on the stairs eleven days after her encounter in the hallway?
(a) Her employer.
(b) A woman sitting with her head in her hands.
(c) Flora with Mrs. Grose.
(d) Peter Quint with Miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the governess believe the stranger is?

2. Who does the governess first think the stranger is?

3. What is the reason the school provides for Miles' expulsion?

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

5. Who does the governess see through the dining room window in Chapter 4?

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