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Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

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Preface–Chapter 9

Reading Check

1. those who have criticized the morality of Jane Eyre

2. John Reed

3. clergyman

4. poor, orphaned girls

5. luxurious velvet and fur clothing and accessories

Quiz

1. B

2. D

3. B

4. A

5. being a liar

6. She is eager to return to her home with God.

Chapters 10–16

Reading Check

1. Miss Temple

2. He is a wine merchant and likely a gentleman.

3. strange laughter

4. His bed is on fire.             

5. an unflattering self-portrait

Quiz

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. set fire to Mr. Rochester; kill Mr. Rochester

6. She feels foolish for imagining he could return her feelings of love for him.

Chapters 17–22

Reading Check

1. Grace Poole

2. a marriage ceremony

3. Mr. Rochester

4. He is stabbed and bitten.

5. He became an alcoholic and died by suicide.

Quiz

1. B

2. C

3. C

4. A

5. Mrs. Reed refuses to reconcile with Jane.

6. There are none.

Chapters 23–27

Reading Check

1. Lightning splits the tree in half.

2. She refuses to wear them, preferring her usual modest attire.

3. one year and one day after their wedding day

4. Jane’s Uncle, John Eyre

5. her mental illness

Quiz

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. B

5. a beast or animal

6. cruelty towards Bertha

Chapter 28–35

Reading Check

1. Jane Elliot

2. teaching at a school for poor girls

3. missionary work

4. her real name

5. Her uncle has died and left her money.