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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 is the title of the story that Douglas tells to the group in the introduction?
(a) Untitled.
(b) The Governess' Tale.
(c) Turn of the Screw.
(d) The Children.

2. Where is the governess' predecessor when she dies?
(a) On her way to church.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) On a short holiday.
(d) At Bly.

3. What does the governess do when she goes to the hall after sensing movement?
(a) Lock the door from the outside.
(b) Summon Mrs. Grose.
(c) Run away from Bly.
(d) Wake Flora.

4. What are Miles and Flora doing while the governess and Mrs. Grose talk in Chapter 11?
(a) Walking the grounds as Miles reads to Flora.
(b) Listening to the governess' conversation.
(c) Crying because they miss their parents.
(d) Hiding in the bushes.

5. Who writes the original story?
(a) Douglas' sister.
(b) Narrator.
(c) Douglas.
(d) The governess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the governess say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?

2. What does the governess think of the younger child when they first meet?

3. Who does the governess admit being taken by?

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

5. What is the younger child's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the governess comes to be in Miles' room.

2. Explain the governess' afterthoughts about first seeing the stranger on the tower while taking her evening walk.

3. What do the governess and Mrs. Grose decide about Miles' expulsion?

4. How does the governess view the children after becoming convinced that they are aware of the presence of ghosts at Bly?

5. Describe the problem that the governess has to deal with concerning Miles.

6. After confiding in the housekeeper about the ghosts and Miles standing on the lawn, what does the governess think about Mrs. Grose?

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

8. Describe Peter Quint's activities on the evening that the governess senses movement in the halls.

9. How do the children and Mrs. Grose react to the governess' absence from church?

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

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