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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the governess initially think of the childrens' behavior?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Bad.
(c) Good.
(d) Scary.

3. How does Mrs. Grose feel about the situation in Chapter 8?
(a) Wants to tell the employer.
(b) Wants to beat the children.
(c) Believes the governess.
(d) Thinks the governess is a liar.

4. How many days does it take for Douglas to receive the manuscript of the tale that he tells at the gathering in the introduction?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

5. Whose fate does the governess question Mrs. Grose about?
(a) Miles.
(b) Flora.
(c) Miss Jessel.
(d) Peter Quint.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the governess receives her position at Bly, what is the odd request that her employer makes of her?

2. In Chapter 3, who does the governess pick up in the carriage?

3. Why does Flora say she arranged her bed to appear that she was still in it while the governess was in the hallway?

4. Before going to church, why does the governess return to the house the evening after the morning that she misses church?

5. When the governess sees someone from the dining room in Chapter 4, what does this person do when the governess goes outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the governess experience uncertainty twice in Chapter 1?

2. Describe Mrs. Grose's version of why Miles is bad.

3. Why does the governess tell Miles she stayed at Bly after sending Mrs. Grose and Flora to her employer?

4. How does Flora react to the supernatural presence at the lake, and how does the governess believe Flora will react to questioning about the ghosts at Bly?

5. How does Douglas acquire the story?

6. What does the governess believe Miles will do after their conversation about him returning to school?

7. After seeing Peter Quint in the stairway and returning to her room to find Flora behind the window blind, what does the governess see from the window, and what does she think about it?

8. How does Flora react when the governess accuses her of seeing Miss Jessel at the lake on the evening that Flora sneaks away after dinner?

9. Describe the scene between Miles and the governess after dinner the day that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly.

10. Why does Miles say he stole the governess' letter to his uncle, and what does he do with it?

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