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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Mrs. Grose can see that Flora has grown quite old.
(b) Because the ghosts visited Mrs. Grose the night before.
(c) Because Flora admitted to seeing Miss Jessel.
(d) Because Miles admitted to seeing Peter Quint.

2. How does the governess respond to Miles' request and reasoning?
(a) The governess does not like him either.
(b) Miles cannot be friends with Peter Quint anymore.
(c) Miles does not have his own kind, except Flora.
(d) Miles' parents will never return.

3. How does the governess feel after Mrs. Grose and Flora's departure?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) More anxious than ever.
(d) Lost.

4. What does Miles claim to want?
(a) To visit his uncle.
(b) A wife and children.
(c) To leave Bly immediately.
(d) What all boys wanted.

5. What does the governess frequently argue with herself about?
(a) Whether her employer loves her.
(b) Whether the children are evil.
(c) Whether she really sees the ghosts.
(d) Whether she should mention the ghosts.

6. Why does the governess say she did this?
(a) To leave Bly.
(b) To save the children.
(c) To talk with Miss Jessel.
(d) To buy a new dress.

7. Where does the governess think Flora is?
(a) At the lake.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In the classroom.
(d) At her uncle's house.

8. How does Flora react?
(a) Runs to Miss Jessel.
(b) Screams at the governess.
(c) Kicks Mrs. Grose in the shins.
(d) Refuses to look at Miss Jessel and looks at the governess accusingly instead.

9. How does the governess justify her theory?
(a) Flora left a note.
(b) She has seen Flora do it before.
(c) Flora is not a child at times but an old woman.
(d) She just knows.

10. What does the governess believe that Miles' visit to her the night before Mrs. Grose and Flora leave indicates?
(a) That he likes her.
(b) That he wants to confide in her.
(c) That he no longer sees the ghosts.
(d) That he hates her.

11. When the governess returns to the house, what does she do?
(a) Pack her bags and leave.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Write a letter to her employer.
(d) Sit on the steps with her head in her hands.

12. What is the governess unable to do that night?
(a) Sleep.
(b) See the ghosts.
(c) Write a letter to her employer.
(d) Eat her dinner.

13. What is the governess certain of in Chapter 13?
(a) She will be fired soon.
(b) She is in love with her employer.
(c) Miles and Flora knows she is aware of the visitors.
(d) Miles and Flora are evil.

14. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?
(a) "I dare you to make me mad."
(b) "I will write my uncle if you do not allow me to do what I want."
(c) "I do not like you."
(d) "Think, you know, what I might do."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miles say he likes?

2. What happens after the governess' declaration to Miles?

3. Why is the governess sad?

4. What happens after the governess asks Flora about Miss Jessel?

5. What does Flora do when she is found?

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