The Turn of the Screw Study Guide

1. The friends gather telling ghost stories on

• Hallowe'en
• Christmas Eve
• Midsummer's Eve
• n/a

2. The owner of the manuscript is

• Griffin
• Douglas
• James
• n/a

3. The owner of the manuscript knew the governess

• twenty years ago
• n/a
• forty years ago
• ten years ago

4. The governess comes from

• London
• Hampshire
• n/a
• Dover

5. The governess interviews for her job with a gentleman on

• Harley Street
• n/a
• Baker Street
• Fleet Street

6. The name of the house is

• Bretton
• n/a
• Essex
• Bly

7. Little Flora is

• Five years old
• Eight years old
• Seven years old
• n/a

8. On her first night in the house, the governess hears

• someone singing
• a child crying
• a woman weeping
• n/a

9. The governess first sees Quint

• n/a
• on the stairway
• through the window
• in a tower

10. Miss Jessel first appears

• on the stairs
• at the lake
• in the schoolroom
• n/a