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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children respond to their lessons in Chapter 9?
(a) Confused.
(b) Fail.
(c) Refuse to do them.
(d) Excel.

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

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

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

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

6. Who writes the original story?
(a) Douglas' sister.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Narrator.
(d) The governess.

7. What is the name of the estate where the governess works?
(a) Udolpho.
(b) Northanger Abbey.
(c) Castlebrook.
(d) Bly.

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

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

10. Who replaces the governess' predecessor immediately?
(a) Miss Jessel.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) A nursemaid.
(d) Flora.

11. What is the problem with the person Mrs. Grose identifies from the governess' description of the stranger?
(a) He is Mrs. Grose's former lover.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He wants to murder the children.
(d) He lives far away.

12. Who does Flora admit to seeing after the governess returns from her encounter in the hallway?
(a) No one.
(b) Miles.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Peter Quint.

13. What is Mrs. Grose's reaction upon the governess' return to Bly after the governess sees the stranger?
(a) Relief.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

14. Who enters the dining room after the governess goes outside after seeing someone from the window?
(a) Miss Jessel.
(b) Miles.
(c) Flora.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

15. 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) Mrs. Grose with the employer.
(c) Flora waving to her.
(d) Miss Jessel kissing Peter Quint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the governess' predecessor when she dies?

2. What is the male child's name?

3. What does Mrs. Grose think about the male child?

4. Whose fate does the governess question Mrs. Grose about?

5. When the governess hears noise in the hallway, what does the person that she finds do after seeing the governess?

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