JANE EYRE ACTUAL TEST FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY SHEET
●● What can the reader expect in the story from this point of view?
Answer: it will be straightforward and accurate
●● How does Bronte create sympathy for Jane in the first chapter?
Answer: She tells the abuse from Jane's point of view and how Jane
feels about it.
●● Describe the exposition of the novel.
Answer: Jane is a dependent with no money because her father left her
none.
●● What is the purpose of including the descriptive passages of
Berwick's History of British Birds at this point in the novel.
Answer: Jane gains happiness from the pictures and words
●● Explain Jane's social status according to John Reed.
Answer: Very low. He makes fun of her lack of money and he believes
she doesn't have the right to live, eat, or dress the way they do.
,●● Do you believe Jane's description of her abuse by John Reed is
realistic or exaggerated?
Answer: Realistic
●● Describe how the weather sets the tone for this chapter in the novel.
Answer: It is rainy and cold outside setting the tone as sad.
●● Describe how Jane holds an ambiguous place in the Reed home and
in society.
Answer: If she becomes passionate and rude Mrs. Reed will send her
off.
●● How does Miss Abbot try to frighten Jane before locking her in the
red-room?
Answer: She tells her if she doesn't repent then something bad might
come down from the chimney and fetch her away.
●● What does the reader learn about Jane's character in this chapter?
Answer: she doesn't believe she should be less than them
●● Jane briefly considers escaping Gateshead. What options does she
ponder?
Answer: she believes her only option is death
,●● Why is Jane allowed to live at Gateshead with the Reeds?
Answer: Mr. Reed was her uncle
●● How does chapter 2 begin and end?
Answer: At the beginning, she was just slapped by John and punished
for it. At the end, she starts feeling ill
●● Consider the other characters' actions when Jane is locked in the red-
room. How do the other characters' dialogue and behavior help shape
readers opinions of them?
Answer: They don't feel sorry for her and believe she deserves it. They
are stuck up
●● Describe how the tone of the chapter changes from beginning to end.
Answer: She starts feeling sorry for herself
●● Describe the irony in Jane's thought: "Poverty for me was
synonymous with degradation."
Answer: She's poor but, allowed to live with a healthy family
●● Describe the effect of the allusion that Bronte employs in this
chapter.
Answer: Mrs. Abbott compares her the Guy Fawkes. She suggests that
Jane is devious and dishonest
, ●● Explain how Jane suffers prejudice on her appearance.
Answer: They claim if Jane were prettier, people would pity her
●● What do the readers learn from Jane's dialogue with Mrs. Reed?
Answer: Jane has a short temper and she's bold
●● Identify 3 or more similes and\or metaphors that Bronte uses in this
chapter. Explain the comparison that each makes and how they add to
the overall meaning of the text.
Answer: Simile: Mrs. Reed swept Jane like a whirlwind into the nursery
Simile: Jane describes her doll as being shabby as a miniature scarecrow
Metaphor: Mr. Brocklehurst is a black pillar. They present clear
examples of Jane's issues
●● Explain Bronte's hyperbole "cut me to the heart."
Answer: It emphasizes Jane's strong feeling of betrayal and obliteration
●● Analyze Bronte's use of fire and ice in this chapter. Provide examples
from the text to support your thoughts. What do these motifs represent in
the text?
Answer: Fire represents Jane's passionate spirit and ice is any force that
attempts to suppress Jane's vitality
AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY SHEET
●● What can the reader expect in the story from this point of view?
Answer: it will be straightforward and accurate
●● How does Bronte create sympathy for Jane in the first chapter?
Answer: She tells the abuse from Jane's point of view and how Jane
feels about it.
●● Describe the exposition of the novel.
Answer: Jane is a dependent with no money because her father left her
none.
●● What is the purpose of including the descriptive passages of
Berwick's History of British Birds at this point in the novel.
Answer: Jane gains happiness from the pictures and words
●● Explain Jane's social status according to John Reed.
Answer: Very low. He makes fun of her lack of money and he believes
she doesn't have the right to live, eat, or dress the way they do.
,●● Do you believe Jane's description of her abuse by John Reed is
realistic or exaggerated?
Answer: Realistic
●● Describe how the weather sets the tone for this chapter in the novel.
Answer: It is rainy and cold outside setting the tone as sad.
●● Describe how Jane holds an ambiguous place in the Reed home and
in society.
Answer: If she becomes passionate and rude Mrs. Reed will send her
off.
●● How does Miss Abbot try to frighten Jane before locking her in the
red-room?
Answer: She tells her if she doesn't repent then something bad might
come down from the chimney and fetch her away.
●● What does the reader learn about Jane's character in this chapter?
Answer: she doesn't believe she should be less than them
●● Jane briefly considers escaping Gateshead. What options does she
ponder?
Answer: she believes her only option is death
,●● Why is Jane allowed to live at Gateshead with the Reeds?
Answer: Mr. Reed was her uncle
●● How does chapter 2 begin and end?
Answer: At the beginning, she was just slapped by John and punished
for it. At the end, she starts feeling ill
●● Consider the other characters' actions when Jane is locked in the red-
room. How do the other characters' dialogue and behavior help shape
readers opinions of them?
Answer: They don't feel sorry for her and believe she deserves it. They
are stuck up
●● Describe how the tone of the chapter changes from beginning to end.
Answer: She starts feeling sorry for herself
●● Describe the irony in Jane's thought: "Poverty for me was
synonymous with degradation."
Answer: She's poor but, allowed to live with a healthy family
●● Describe the effect of the allusion that Bronte employs in this
chapter.
Answer: Mrs. Abbott compares her the Guy Fawkes. She suggests that
Jane is devious and dishonest
, ●● Explain how Jane suffers prejudice on her appearance.
Answer: They claim if Jane were prettier, people would pity her
●● What do the readers learn from Jane's dialogue with Mrs. Reed?
Answer: Jane has a short temper and she's bold
●● Identify 3 or more similes and\or metaphors that Bronte uses in this
chapter. Explain the comparison that each makes and how they add to
the overall meaning of the text.
Answer: Simile: Mrs. Reed swept Jane like a whirlwind into the nursery
Simile: Jane describes her doll as being shabby as a miniature scarecrow
Metaphor: Mr. Brocklehurst is a black pillar. They present clear
examples of Jane's issues
●● Explain Bronte's hyperbole "cut me to the heart."
Answer: It emphasizes Jane's strong feeling of betrayal and obliteration
●● Analyze Bronte's use of fire and ice in this chapter. Provide examples
from the text to support your thoughts. What do these motifs represent in
the text?
Answer: Fire represents Jane's passionate spirit and ice is any force that
attempts to suppress Jane's vitality
