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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?
(a) "I will write my uncle if you do not allow me to do what I want."
(b) "Think, you know, what I might do."
(c) "I dare you to make me mad."
(d) "I do not like you."

2. Why is the governess sad?
(a) Because the governess has lost Flora to Miss Jessel's interference.
(b) Because Miles tells her that he hates her.
(c) Because the governess gets fired.
(d) Because Flora likes Peter Quint better than the governess.

3. How does the governess feel that summoning her employer would be viewed?
(a) Acknowledging that she needs help.
(b) Suggesting that she has been hiding things.
(c) Admission that she cannot handle things.
(d) Telling him that she is in love with him.

4. What does Miles ask the governess in Chapter 14?
(a) When the governess is leaving.
(b) Why Peter Quint cannot be his friend.
(c) When his parents are coming back.
(d) When he can return to school.

5. What does the governess see in the schoolroom?
(a) Miles and Flora talking to Miss Jessel and Peter Quint.
(b) Her schoolbooks thrown about.
(c) Miss Jessel and Peter Quint dancing.
(d) Miss Jessel sitting at the table with her head in her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the governess and children avoid mentioning?

2. What does the governess tell Miles he must do if he wants to return to school?

3. What do the governess and Miles discuss after dinner in Chapter 23?

4. After the incident, what does the governess decide?

5. What indicates the ghosts' presence to the governess?

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