Answer the questions as you read the text. Indicate chapter and page number. The notes will be very helpful when it is time to take the test.
Part I
Identify the following characters:
Mrs. Reed
John Reed
Brocklehurst
Miss Temple
Helen
Mrs. Fairfax
Richard Mason
Briggs
Blanche Ingram
Bertha Mason
St. John
St. John’s sisters (What are their names?)
1. ______________ 2. ______________
John Eyre

Name the five locations in which Jane lives. Give a brief description.
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Part II
Answer the following questions:
1. What do you know about Charlotte Bronte’s life?
2. Who is Currer Bell?
3. What season is associated with Gateshead?
4. What is Jane’s parents’ story?
5. Why does Mrs. Reed twice express fear in chapter 3?
6. How did Mr. Reed treat Jane?
7. What is Jane’s inner conflict?
8. What does Jane look for in her life?
9. What season is associated with Lowood at the beginning? What about later?
10. Why does Helen die?
11. Why does Miss Temple leave Lowood?
12. What are Jane’s feelings when she meets Rochester on the road?

13. What is Rochester’s sin?
14. How does Jane save Rochester? How many times does she save him?
15. When at Thornfield, Jane hears laughter and murmur. What/who is the source of these?
16. When Jane goes back to Gateshed, what does she learn about why Mrs. Reed had treated her so badly?
17. In the proposal scene, why does Mr. Rochester lie about Ireland and Miss Ingram before he proposes?
18. Why does Mr. Rochester disguise as a gypsy?
19. In chapter 27, what does Jane feel she must do? Who appears in a dream to help her with her decision?
20. What dreams does Jane have the night before her wedding?
21. What relation is St. John Rivers to Jane?
22. What position does St. John find for Jane in the village?
23. What does St. John offer to Jane?
24. Where does St. John go?
25. From whom does Jane receive a fortune?
26. What does Jane do with her fortune?
27. What almost supernatural event stops Jane from accepting St. John’s proposal?
28. What happens to Bertha near the end of the story? Be specific.
29. Where is Rochester living at the end of the story?
30. Reread the description of Jane’s paintings (chapter 13). What do they tell you about Jane?

31. What does Jane read when she is at Gateshead? What do these books tell you about Jane? (See chapter 1)
Part 3
What do the following represent?
The red room
Bertha
Ice
Fire
The horse-chestnut tree
Tip: Review your notes. Pay attention to the quotes. You will need to identify the speaker of a few quotes.

Sit in groups of four (4). You will work with the first eight (8) chapters of Jane Eyre . Divide the work: pair 1, please work with chapters 1-
4; pair 2 please work with chapters 5-8. Complete the work in pairs, and then share with the whole group.
Chapters 1-4
Place/ description what it represents
Weather and People with whom she interacts
How do they treat her?
How does she react?
What do they represent?
Does Jane change because of these experiences? How?
Based on the experiences in this place, what do you think will be important to Jane in the future?

Sit in groups of four (4). You will work with the first eight (8) chapters of Jane Eyre . Divide the work: pair 1, please work with chapters 1-
4; pair 2, please work with chapters 5-8. Complete the work in pairs, and then share with the whole group.
Chapters 5-8
Place/ description what it represents
Weather and People with whom she interacts
How do they treat her?
How does she react?
What do they represent?
Does Jane change because of these experiences? How?
Based on the experiences in this place, what do you think will be important to Jane in the future?