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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. Where is the stranger standing when the governess first sees him during her favorite time of day?
(a) In the road.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) On the tower.
(d) In the dining room.

2. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
(a) Cried.
(b) Denial.
(c) Admission.
(d) Mind business.

3. What is the name of the estate where the governess works?
(a) Castlebrook.
(b) Bly.
(c) Northanger Abbey.
(d) Udolpho.

4. Why does Flora say she arranged her bed to appear that she was still in it while the governess was in the hallway?
(a) She did not do it; someone else did.
(b) She did not want to frighten the governess.
(c) She wanted to play a joke on the governess.
(d) She was planning to run away.

5. What else is included in the letter the governess receives?
(a) A key.
(b) Letter from Miles' school.
(c) Engagement ring.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Grose think about the male child?

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

3. What is the male child's name?

4. How does Mrs. Grose feel about the situation in Chapter 8?

5. How does the governess describe the stranger to Mrs. Grose?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the governess post the children's letters to their uncle?

3. 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?

4. What does the governess think about Miles and Flora's relationships with the ghosts?

5. In Chapter 5, after seeing the stranger for the second time, who does the governess confide in, and what is it about?

6. Describe the children's history that the employer tells the governess.

7. What happens when Peter Quint appears at the window in the last chapter as the governess and Miles discuss Miles stealing the governess' letter to his uncle?

8. Describe the governess' initial opinion of Bly.

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

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

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