Questions and CORRECT Answers
What month does the novel begin? - CORRECT ANSWER - November
Where was Jane hiding when John Reed was looking for her and calling her? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Behind the curtain at the window seat in the library at Gateshead
Who was referred to as "a bad animal"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane
How was Jane punished for attacking John? - CORRECT ANSWER - sent to the red room
Who had died in the red room? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr. Reed
What is the name of the apothecary/pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr. Lloyd
What suggestion does Mr. Lloyd make to help Jane's situation? - CORRECT ANSWER -
send Jane to school
What has happened to Jane's parents? - CORRECT ANSWER - they died of typhus
What are the names of Mrs. Reed's two daughters? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eliza and
Georgiana
Which of the two servants treats Jane with kindness/show her concern while she is at Gateshead?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Bessie and Mr. Lloyd
Who comes to visit Gateshead Hall and interrogate Jane? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr.
Brocklehurst
,Where does Mr. Brocklehurst work and what is his position? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lowood and he runs the school (head of the school)
What does Mrs. Reed tell him about Jane that upsets Jane so much? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Mrs. Reed says Jane is deceitful
How far is it from Gateshead to Lowood? - CORRECT ANSWER - 50 miles
Who bid Jane farewell as she departs Gateshead? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bessie
Who is the superintendent of Lowood Institution? - CORRECT ANSWER - Miss Temple
Who is the girl with the hollow cough that befriends Jane at Lowood? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Helen Burns
List two unpleasant conditions at Lowood? - CORRECT ANSWER - the food and
sleeping arrangements
When the porridge at breakfast is burned, what does Miss Temple do that shocks all the teachers?
- CORRECT ANSWER - She orders bread and cheese for the girls because the food is
burnt
Who is Naomi Brocklehurst? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr. Brocklehurst's mother and
woman who built part of the new building at lowood institution
Why did Helen not clean her nails? - CORRECT ANSWER - the water had frozen
How far did the girls have to walk to church on Sunday morning at Lowood? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2 miles
, Who offered encouragement to the girls on their long walk home late on Sunday afternoon? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Miss Temple
What was the name of the church the girls attended on Sunday? - CORRECT ANSWER -
BrockleBridge Church
What did Jane do that attracted the attention of Mr. Brocklehurst when he visited the school? -
CORRECT ANSWER - She dropped her slate and broke it
What does Helen feel Jane is too concerned about - in other words, what Jane would rater die
than live without? - CORRECT ANSWER - human love/acceptence from others
Who too Jane and Helen to her room for tea and cake? - CORRECT ANSWER - Miss
Temple
What is the name of the woman who works in the kitchen at Lowood and is made up of equal
parts of whalebone and iron? - CORRECT ANSWER - Miss Harden
What concerns does Miss Temple have for Helen Burns? - CORRECT ANSWER - her
health (hollow cough and now more sickly)
Whom did Miss Temple write to in order to clear Jane's name regarding Thank you accusation
made by Mr. Broclehurst? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr. Lloyd
What arrived at Lowood in the spring that caused much confusion? - CORRECT
ANSWER - typhus fever
Who is Jane's new friend at Lowood? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Ann Wilson