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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the governess tell Miles she stays at Bly after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave?
(a) To write her story.
(b) To earn more money.
(c) To see ghosts.
(d) Solely for Miles.

2. What does the governess forget about?
(a) The ghosts.
(b) Flora.
(c) Her employer.
(d) Miles.

3. What does Flora say about Miss Jessel the night after Mrs. Grose and the governess find her at the lake?
(a) Flora continues to deny seeing Miss Jessel.
(b) Flora claims Miss Jessel is still alive.
(c) Flora admits to seeing Miss Jessel.
(d) Flora does not know how Miss Jessel is.

4. What does Miles' action after breakfast signify on the morning that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly?
(a) His love for his sister.
(b) The change in his relationship with the governess.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His late night talks with Peter Quint's ghost.

5. What happens after the governess asks Flora about Miss Jessel?
(a) Miles appears across the lake.
(b) Flora jumps into the lake.
(c) Peter Quint appears across the lake.
(d) Miss Jessel appears across the lake.

6. Who does the governess walk beside on the way to church?
(a) Peter Quint.
(b) Flora.
(c) Miles.
(d) Mrs. Grose.

7. Who does the governess expect to find, besides Flora?
(a) Her employer.
(b) Miles.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Peter Quint.

8. What does the governess want Flora to do?
(a) Tell her where Miles is hiding.
(b) Admit to seeing Miss Jessel's presence.
(c) Stop yelling.
(d) Go to her uncle's house.

9. How does the governess plan to save Miles?
(a) By challenging his character in order to reach his extraordinary intelligence.
(b) By isolating him from others.
(c) By confronting him about the ghosts.
(d) By informing her employer about everything going on at Bly.

10. What does the governess ask Miles to answer before he can go outside at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) Where Peter Quint is.
(b) Whether he took her letter to his uncle.
(c) When he will return.
(d) Why he was expelled.

11. What does the governess feel will happen if she can convince Miles to confess?
(a) The employer will punish Miles.
(b) Miles will be able to return to school.
(c) The ghosts will kill Miles and the governess.
(d) He will be saved and so will she.

12. Who does the governess ask Flora about?
(a) Miles.
(b) Peter Quint.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Miss Jessel.

13. What indicates the ghosts' presence to the governess?
(a) A loud noise and the children's cries.
(b) The appearance of the ghosts.
(c) A sudden hush and an abrupt change in activity.
(d) A cold burst of wind.

14. The morning after the events with Flora at the lake, why does Mrs. Grose say that she no longer has any doubt about their supernatural visitors?
(a) Because Flora admitted to seeing Miss Jessel.
(b) Because the ghosts visited Mrs. Grose the night before.
(c) Because Miles admitted to seeing Peter Quint.
(d) Because Mrs. Grose can see that Flora has grown quite old.

15. What does the governess do with the letter?
(a) Leave it on the table for Luke to post.
(b) Throw it away.
(c) Mail it.
(d) Burn it.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the incident, what does the governess decide?

2. Why does the governess feel that she can take care of things after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly?

3. Why does Miles claim the governess stays at Bly after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave?

4. In Chapter 22, what does the governess decide she will have to do to save Miles?

5. In Chapter 15, what fear does the governess believe Miles sees in her?

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