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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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Chapters 36–38
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Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
St. John Rivers
Helen Burns
Mrs. Reed
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Chapters 1-4
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Chapters 17-21
Chapters 22-25
Chapter 26
Chapters 27-28
Chapters 29-32
Chapters 33-35
Chapters 36-38
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1
. What are the names of the servants who care for Rochester at Ferndean?
John and Clara
Reginald and Mrs. Fairfax
Mrs. Fairfax and Grace Poole
John and Mary
2
. Which character is in love with Rosamond?
St. John
Rochester
John Reed
Mr. Mason
3
. Who sets the fire in Rochester’s bedroom?
Jane
Bertha
Mrs. Fairfax
Grace Poole
4
. What has just happened to Mr. Mason the first time we encounter him?
He has fallen from the roof.
He has been injured.
He has been poisoned.
He has fallen in love.
5
. Which character is based on the Reverend Carus Wilson, a figure from Charlotte Brontë’s childhood?
St. John Rivers
Rochester
Mr. Brocklehurst
Mr. Lloyd
6
. Who writes to St. John regarding Jane’s inheritance from John Eyre?
Mr. Briggs
Mr. Mason
Mr. Brocklehurst
Mrs. Reed
7
. How does John Reed apparently die?
He falls from the roof of Thornfield.
He is killed in a fire.
He has a stroke.
He commits suicide.
8
. Where did Rochester marry Bertha Mason?
Jamaica
Madeira
St. Kitts
Bermuda
9
. Who first suggests that Jane be sent away to school?
Mrs. Reed
Mr. Brocklehurst
Mr. Lloyd
John Reed
10
. What is the nationality of Jane’s pupil at Thornfield?
Spanish
German
Jamaican
French
11
. What does Rochester lose in the fire at Thornfield?
His hand and his eyesight
His eyesight and his fortune
His eyesight and his dog
His fortune and his fiancée
12
. Which teacher is kind to Jane at Lowood?
Mrs. Scatcherd
Miss Temple
Mr. Brocklehurst
Miss Ames
13
. What does the kind teacher give Jane and Helen to eat?
Bundt cake
Strawberries
Cookies
Seed cake
14
. How does Jane earn a living after leaving Thornfield?
She paints.
She writes and sells short stories.
She becomes a governess at a different manor house.
St. John Rivers finds her a teaching job in the town of Morton.
15
. With whom does Jane believe Rochester is in love for most of her time at Thornfield?
Herself
Blanche Ingram
Georgianna Reed
Celine Varens
16
. What does Jane do with the inheritance she receives from her uncle John Eyre?
She divides it equally among her cousins the Rivers.
She starts a school in the town of Morton.
She sends it to Gateshead to comfort the Reeds for the death of their mother.
She buys ball gowns and jewelry for herself.
17
. What is the nature of Jane’s first encounter with Rochester?
Rochester comes to Lowood to enroll Adèle there, but Jane warns him about the coldness and isolation at Lowood and recommends that he hire her as Adèle’s live-in governess instead.
After having been abroad for some time, Rochester returns to Thornfield and sends for Jane to come to him in his library.
Jane and Rochester were long lost childhood sweethearts.
Jane helps a stranger whose horse has slipped on some ice; she discovers later that the man was Rochester.
18
. What does Mr. Brocklehurst do to one of Jane’s classmates to rid her of her “vanity”?
He makes her wear a dunce cap.
He has her naturally curly hair cut short so as to make it lie straight.
He forces her to write “I am a very silly girl” on the chalkboard
100
times.
He puts a curtain over her bedroom mirror.
19
. How does Jane’s Aunt Reed punish her for fighting with her bullying cousin John?
She makes her sleep outside in the cold.
She makes her eat only burnt porridge.
She makes her shine John’s shoes for a wee.k
She locks her in the red-room.
20
. To which destination does St. John Rivers want Jane to accompany him as his wife and fellow missionary?
India
China
The Congo
Ireland
21
. What is the name of the Riverses’ servant?
Alice
Bertha
Hannah
Persephone
22
. What does Jane do immediately after finishing her studies at Lowood?
She answers an advertisement for a governess at Thornfield.
She becomes a teacher there.
She burns down the building.
She is forced to wander penniless and starving across the moors.
23
. Who wears the disguise of a gypsy woman?
Blanche Ingram
Rochester
Lady Ingram
Lady Bartholomew
24
. What happens within the first ten years of Jane and Rochester’s marriage?
A daughter is born.
A son is born.
A star is born.
None of the above
25
. What is the subject of the book Jane is reading at the beginning of the novel?
Fish
British royalty
Fairies and knights
Birds
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