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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the governess plan to save Miles?
(a) By confronting him about the ghosts.
(b) By isolating him from others.
(c) By informing her employer about everything going on at Bly.
(d) By challenging his character in order to reach his extraordinary intelligence.

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

3. What does Mrs. Grose ask the governess?
(a) Where the children are.
(b) When their employer is visiting Bly.
(c) If the governess has written the letter to the employer.
(d) If the governess has seen the ghosts lately.

4. What does the governess think the ghosts want with the children?
(a) They miss the children.
(b) To teach them about death.
(c) To distrust the governess.
(d) To fill them with evil.

5. How does the governess believe Miles will use her fear?
(a) To cause her death.
(b) To obtain his freedom.
(c) To make her quit.
(d) To contact Peter Quint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flora say about Miss Jessel the night after Mrs. Grose and the governess find her at the lake?

2. What does the governess want Flora to do?

3. How does the governess feel after Mrs. Grose and Flora's departure?

4. What ominous statement does Miles leave the governess with before they separate the evening that she finds him on the lawn?

5. What does the governess receive instead?

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