Characters
This kind superintendent of Lowood orders bread and cheese for the hungry students despite authority constraints.
Miss Temple.
This word describes Jane’s state of being alone and unnoticed in the garden.
Isolation.
Name the three Bronte sisters that were authors.
Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
Jane arrives at this institution after leaving Gateshead.
Lowood school.
In Victorian England, schools like Lowood for poor or orphaned children were often funded by this charitable practice.
Subscription (donations).
This strict manager of Lowood is mentioned as controlling the school’s finances and provisions.
Mr. Brocklehurst.
This adjective describes the poorly lit refectory where meals are served.
Gloomy.
Which of the three Bronte sisters wrote the novel Agnes Grey?
Anne Bronte.
On her first morning, students cannot eat breakfast because this meal is burnt.
Porridge.
Victorian girls in charity schools often learned this practical skill, reflected by students making their own clothes.
Sewing (needlework).
This under-teacher leads Jane through the school and supervises her first night.
Miss Miller.
This term refers to the Lowood students as children supported partly by donations.
Charity-children.
Name Emily Bronte's most famous novel?
Wuthering Heights.
Miss Temple orders this extra meal for the girls after the failed breakfast.
Bread and cheese.
Victorian charity schools often emphasized this religious text, which students read daily.
The Bible.
This French instructor at Lowood teaches language and is described as foreign-looking and elderly.
Madame Pierrot.
This word describes the burned porridge that students could barely swallow.
Nauseous.
Miss Temple’s kindness toward the girls highlights this theme.
compassion or kindness.
By the end of the excerpt, Jane has completed this at Lowood.
Her first day at school.
Victorian social structure placed orphans like Jane at this low level of society (social class).
The lower class.
This harsh teacher who punishes the older girl in history class is described as “hasty.”
Miss Scatcherd.
This noun names the school dining hall where students eat burnt porridge and poor meals.
Refectory.
Jane’s curiosity and many questions to the older girl reveal this theme about her character.
the desire for knowledge (or curiosity).
Why does Jane's aunt, Mrs. Reed, decide to send her away?
Because she had a fight with her cousins.
Wealthy industrialists and philanthropists who funded immense social reforms, housing, and charities.
Benefactors.