Jane Eyre Chapters 9-12 Quiz (Chapters 9–12)

Jane Eyre Chapters 9-12 questions

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1. What is Helen Burns dying of while typhus empties the rest of Lowood?
   A fever brought on by the damp · Consumption, in Miss Temple's room · Scarlet fever, caught in the sickroom · Typhus, caught in the schoolroom
2. How long does Jane stay at Lowood before she advertises for a new position?
   Ten years, eight as pupil and two as teacher · Four years, three as pupil and one as teacher · Eight years, six as pupil and two as teacher · Six years, four as pupil and two as teacher
3. What does Jane get wrong about Mrs Fairfax on her first evening at Thornfield?
   She takes her for Rochester's elder sister · She takes her for a fellow governess · She takes her for Adèle's aunt · She takes her for the owner of the house
4. How does Jane's mind explain the dog and horse in the Hay lane before the rider falls?
   As the Gytrash of Bessie's old tales · As a dream left from her afternoon · As hounds strayed out from Millcote · As a poacher's dog loose on the road
5. Pacing the third-storey corridor, on what grounds does Jane defend her own restlessness?
   That she was promised travel at Thornfield · That women feel as men feel and need action · That a governess is owed the rank of a lady · That solitude is the worst evil for a woman

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