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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 governess and Mrs. Grose's main goal concerning the stranger?
(a) Leaving Bly.
(b) Telling their employer.
(c) Getting rid of the stranger.
(d) Saving the children.

2. What does the stranger do after staring at the governess?
(a) Disappears in a puff of smoke.
(b) Talks to the governess.
(c) Falls from the tower.
(d) Leave the tower.

3. 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 was planning to run away.
(b) She did not do it; someone else did.
(c) She wanted to play a joke on the governess.
(d) She did not want to frighten the governess.

4. Who does the governess think is playing a joke on her in the form of the stranger she sees while taking her walk?
(a) The staff at Bly.
(b) Mrs. Grose.
(c) Flora.
(d) Miles.

5. How does Mrs. Grose learn about the last governess' death?
(a) Finds body.
(b) Police report.
(c) Letter from employer.
(d) Miles tells her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who plans to meet Miles on the carriage when he returns to Bly from school?

3. What is Mrs. Grose's reaction upon the governess' return to Bly after the governess sees the stranger?

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?

5. What does Flora complain about when the governess returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the governess' initial opinion of Bly.

2. How does Miles explain the governess finding him standing on the lawn in the middle of the night after she sees Peter Quint in the stairway?

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

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

5. What are Miles' reasons for wanting to return to school?

6. How does Flora sneak away from the governess after dinner one night?

7. How does Mrs. Grose respond to the accusations against Miles?

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

9. Why does the governess refrain from mentioning the ghosts to the children?

10. How does the governess feel about herself and her attitude after seeing the stranger for the second time, and determining that he is the ghost of Peter Quint?

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