Name

Date

The ghostly visitors Score

1. Miles and Flora’s parents had died in an accident in

T India True
F False

2. Miles’ headmaster sent a letter saying that Miles couldn’t return to school after the
T holidays. True
F False

3. When Catherine met Miles, she was sure that the headmaster’s accusations couldn’t be
T true. True
F False

4. Mrs Grose told Catherine that Quint had died in a car

T accident. True
F False

5. Miles stole the letter Catherine wrote asking for

T help. True
F False

6. When Catherine saw the two figures at the lake, she recognised Quint, but didn’t know
who the woman was.
T True
F False

7. The children were afraid of the ghosts and didn’t want them to
T visit. True
F False
 8. Catherine tried to save the children from the
T ghosts. True
F False

9. Miles told Catherine that he had gone into the garden at midnight to see the woman from
the lake.
T True
F False

10. At the lake, Flora pretended that

A she couldn’t swim
B she couldn’t see Miss Jessel’s ghost.
C she hated Mrs Grose

11. On Catherine’s first evening at Bly,

A she noticed that two things were strange.
B she saw a ghost.
C she decided that she wanted to leave Bly soon.

12. Catherine thought the stranger at the top of the tower

A was a friend of Lord Henry’s, who was visiting from
London.
B one of the servants.
C a traveller who was curious about old
mansions.

13. Catherine thought Flora hid behind the curtain because

A she was communicating with Miss Jessel.
B she wanted to see who was in the garden.
C she was hiding from Miles.

14. According to Catherine, if you say a ghost’s

A name, you may become ill and die.
B the ghost will disappear.
C you force the ghost to become real.
15. The children often tried to ‘please’ Catherine when they felt the ghosts were near
A because they didn’t want her to be frightened by the ghosts.
B they were trying to distract her from the
ghosts.
C they were afraid that she would leave Bly.