Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVIII quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Where is Jane dropped off at the beginning of Chapter 28?

   • Correct answer: Whitcross
   • Marsh End
   • Lowood
   • Thornfield village

   Jane is set down by the coachman at Whitcross, a stone pillar marking a crossroads on the moors, after she runs out of money for the coach fare.

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   Question 2. What does Jane forget in the coach when she is dropped off?

   • Her purse of twenty shillings
   • Correct answer: Her parcel of belongings
   • A letter from Rochester
   • The pearl necklace

   Jane discovers she forgot to take her parcel out of the coach pocket where she had placed it for safety, leaving her with absolutely nothing.

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   Question 3. What does Jane eat during her first night on the moors?

   • A cake of bread from the village shop
   • A generous slice of a farmer's brown loaf
   • Correct answer: A remnant of bread and wild bilberries
   • Cold porridge intended for a pig trough

   Jane eats the remnant of a roll she had purchased at noon with her last penny, along with a handful of ripe bilberries she gathers from the heath.

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   Question 4. Why does the shopkeeper refuse to exchange bread for Jane's handkerchief?

   • The handkerchief is too small
   • She does not sell bread
   • She already has too many handkerchiefs
   • Correct answer: She suspects Jane may have stolen it

   The shopkeeper asks, "How could she tell where I had got the handkerchief?" indicating suspicion that it might be stolen property.

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   Question 5. What are Diana and Mary Rivers doing when Jane first sees them through the window?

   • Reading the Bible to Hannah
   • Helping Hannah prepare supper
   • Correct answer: Studying German with dictionaries
   • Translating French poetry

   The two sisters are bent over books, comparing them with larger volumes (dictionaries) to help them translate German, which they plan to teach someday.

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   Question 6. Why has St. John Rivers been called away from his parsonage?

   • He was seeking employment as a private tutor
   • He was away at university finishing his studies
   • He was traveling abroad as a missionary
   • Correct answer: He was attending to his father's sudden death

   The old housekeeper at the parsonage tells Jane that St. John was called away by the sudden death of his father and is now at Marsh End, which is why Diana and Mary are in deep mourning.

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   Question 7. What false name does Jane give to the Rivers family?

   • Jane Rochester
   • Correct answer: Jane Elliott
   • Jane Temple
   • Jane Reed

   Jane gives her name as "Jane Elliott," having resolved to assume an alias to avoid discovery and prevent anyone from Thornfield from tracing her.

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   Question 8. What does Jane initially think the distant light on the moor might be?

   • Correct answer: An ignis fatuus (will-o'-the-wisp)
   • The lamps of a passing coach
   • A lantern carried by a traveler
   • A bonfire recently kindled

   Jane's first thought upon seeing the light is that it is an ignis fatuus—a deceptive marsh light—and she expects it to vanish, but it remains steady.

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   Question 9. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

   • True or False: Jane successfully trades her gloves for a cake of bread at the village shop.

     Didn't happen

     The shopkeeper refuses both Jane's handkerchief and gloves. She is unable to obtain any food from the shop and leaves empty-handed.

   • True or False: A farmer gives Jane a slice of bread from his own supper without asking questions.

     Happened

     A farmer sitting at his open door eating bread and cheese cuts a thick slice from his loaf and gives it to Jane without demanding an explanation, though he looks surprised.

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    Question 10. In the chapter, Jane says she "clung to her with filial fondness" when referring to Nature. What does "filial" mean?

    • Correct answer: Relating to or befitting a child toward a parent
    • Relating to fine threads or filaments
    • Fraternal; befitting the bond between brothers
    • Grateful; thankful for kindness received

    "Filial" means characteristic of the relationship between a child and parent. Jane uses it to describe her attachment to Nature as a daughter to a mother.

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    Question 11. When Jane finally enters Marsh End, she says she "dared to put off the mendicant." What is a mendicant?

    • A liar; one who tells falsehoods
    • A servant or domestic worker
    • A disguise, mask, or false identity
    • Correct answer: A person who begs for a living

    A mendicant is a beggar. Jane means that once she crossed the threshold and felt welcomed, she could shed the identity of a beggar and resume her natural character.

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    Question 12. Diana says a single German line is "worth a hundred pages of fustian." What does "fustian" mean in this context?

    • Simple, unadorned, and elegant prose
    • Correct answer: Pompous, inflated, or pretentious writing
    • A coarse, heavy cotton fabric like corduroy
    • Religious scripture and sermons

    "Fustian" refers to pompous or overblown language. Diana is praising the concise power of the German line by contrasting it with pages of empty, pretentious prose.

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    Question 13. What celestial sight inspires Jane to turn her prayer from supplication to thanksgiving?

    • A shooting star
    • The full moon
    • Correct answer: The Milky Way
    • The sunrise

    Looking up with tear-dimmed eyes, Jane sees the Milky Way and is moved by the vastness of God's creation, which convinces her of His power to protect Rochester and all souls.

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    Question 14. Who ultimately opens the door and insists Jane be admitted to Marsh End?

    • Mary Rivers
    • Old servant Hannah
    • Correct answer: St. John Rivers
    • Diana Rivers

    St. John Rivers arrives home, overhears Hannah refusing Jane entry, and overrides Hannah's decision, saying, "You have done your duty in excluding, now let me do mine in admitting her."

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