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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 cling to as the children's saving point?
(a) Fear.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Unawareness.
(d) Innocence.

2. In Chapter 4, how does the governess view her charges?
(a) Malicious and evil.
(b) Cold and ugly.
(c) Cunning and manipulative.
(d) Beautiful and charming.

3. Why does the governess cry to Mrs. Grose after she feels the presence watching her and the children?
(a) Because the children got lost.
(b) Because she is scared.
(c) Because the children know about the ghosts.
(d) Because she is afraid of being fired.

4. Who does the governess think is playing a joke on her in the form of the stranger she sees while taking her walk?
(a) Flora.
(b) The staff at Bly.
(c) Miles.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Grose think about the governess' story about the stranger?
(a) Believes her.
(b) Trying to scare her.
(c) Lying.
(d) Crazy.

9. Before going to church, why does the governess return to the house the evening after the morning that she misses church?
(a) She forgets her gloves.
(b) She sees a ghost.
(c) She forgets her hat.
(d) She rips her skirt.

10. Who are the children in relation to the governess' employer?
(a) Children.
(b) Step-children.
(c) Grandchildren.
(d) Nephew and niece.

11. What does the governess think about Miles' expulsion when she first sees him?
(a) He does not deserve it.
(b) Miles forged the letter because he hates school.
(c) He probably did something very bad.
(d) It is a joke.

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

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

14. Who does the governess first think the stranger is?
(a) Luke.
(b) Miles.
(c) Peter Quint.
(d) The man of her imagination.

15. Where is the stranger standing when the governess first sees him during her favorite time of day?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) In the road.
(c) On the tower.
(d) In her bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what street does the governess meet her employer when she first obtains her position at Bly?

3. Why does the governess feel that Miles has her trapped in Chapter 11?

4. Who does Flora admit to seeing after the governess returns from her encounter in the hallway?

5. How does the narrator transcribe the story?

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