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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what does the governess find the answer to saving Miles?
(a) Miles' extraordinary intelligence.
(b) Advice from Mrs. Grose.
(c) A book about raising children.
(d) A letter from her employer.

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

3. What does the governess tell Mrs. Grose to do at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Cook dinner immediately.
(b) Never speak to her again.
(c) Take Flora to her uncle's house.
(d) Take Miles to school.

4. Where does the governess search for Flora?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) At the lake.
(c) In the classroom.
(d) At her uncle's house.

5. What does Mrs. Grose want to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Call the priest to banish the ghosts.
(b) Write a letter to the children's parents.
(c) Request that the master take the children away.
(d) Leave Bly.

6. What does Mrs. Grose ask the governess?
(a) When their employer is visiting Bly.
(b) If the governess has seen the ghosts lately.
(c) Where the children are.
(d) If the governess has written the letter to the employer.

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

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

9. After the incident, what does the governess decide?
(a) That the children are doomed.
(b) That she must escape.
(c) That she should seek mental help.
(d) That she must stay at Bly.

10. What do the governess and Miles discuss after dinner in Chapter 23?
(a) How much they miss Flora.
(b) Their friendship.
(c) That they are not quite alone.
(d) What they want to do the next day.

11. What does the governess do about her suspicions concerning the ghosts?
(a) Write to her parents.
(b) Tell her employer.
(c) Keep them to herself.
(d) Ask the children.

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

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

14. What do the governess and children avoid mentioning?
(a) The employer.
(b) The children's parents.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) The ghosts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miles want to do in Chapter 14?

3. What does the governess decide to do?

4. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?

5. What does the governess receive instead?

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