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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. How do the children respond to their lessons in Chapter 9?
(a) Fail.
(b) Refuse to do them.
(c) Excel.
(d) Confused.

2. What happens to the first governess?
(a) She married.
(b) She quit.
(c) She died mysteriously.
(d) She was fired.

3. What is the governess' favorite time of day?
(a) Bedtime.
(b) The last hour of daylight after the children are retired.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Breakfast.

4. Who serves as the governess' confidant?
(a) Miss Jessel.
(b) Flora.
(c) Mrs. Grose.
(d) Employer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In retrospect, what amazes the governess about her thoughts after Miles returns to Bly?

2. In the introduction, what time of year is it when the group, which includes Douglas and the unnamed narrator, initially gather?

3. What does the governess find when she returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?

4. What is Miles' response to the governess' question about why he went outside?

5. How many days does it take for Douglas to receive the manuscript of the tale that he tells at the gathering in the introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peter Quint's death.

2. How do the governess and Mrs. Grose get along?

3. In Chapter 2, when the governess first questions Mrs. Grose after learning of Miles' expulsion, what does she learn about her predecessor?

4. How does Mrs. Grose respond when the governess first tells her about the stranger that she has seen twice at Bly?

5. How does the governess acquire her job?

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

7. Describe Mrs. Grose's opinion about Miss Jessel and Peter Quint when the governess questions her about them.

8. What does Mrs. Grose think about Miles and Flora's relationships with the ghosts?

9. What do the governess and Mrs. Grose find at the lake when they search for Flora?

10. Describe how the governess retrospectively views the period immediately after Miles' arrival at Bly.

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