Chapter XXVIII

Question 1

Where does the coach drop Jane off and what is her financial situation?

Answer 1

It drops her in a strange town (Whitcross)

Question 2

What happens to Jane’s meager funds?

Answer 2

She spends most of it on coach fare leaving her nearly penniless.

Question 3

Why is Jane unable to find work or get a meal in the first few days?

Answer 3

She is afraid to reveal her name or history fearing Mr. Rochester will find her.

Question 4

Where does Jane spend her nights for the first three days?

Answer 4

Outdoors in the heather and on the moors with only her shawl for cover.

Question 5

What does Jane try to use as currency to buy bread?

Answer 5

Her gloves and handkerchief which are refused.

Question 6

What is Jane’s physical state after three days of wandering?

Answer 6

She is famished, exhausted, and on the brink of starvation.

Question 7

What does Jane attempt to use to beg for food in a small village?

Answer 7

She uses the empty envelope from her last letter to ask for a small piece of bread.

Question 8

To what place does Jane walk drawn by a light and warmth?

Answer 8

A small house called Moor House (or Marsh End)

Question 9

What does Jane attempt to do at Moor House?

Answer 9

She knocks on the door seeking shelter.

Question 10

Who is the maid who initially turns Jane away from the house?

Answer 10

Hannah, who judges Jane’s appearance and says they have no room for beggars.

Question 11

Who finds Jane collapsed on the doorstep and insists she be brought inside?

Answer 11

St. John Rivers, the clergyman and master of the house.

Question 12

What name does Jane give the Rivers family?

Answer 12

Jane Elliott, as she is afraid of being discovered.

Question 13

Who are St. John’s two sisters?

Answer 13

Diana and Mary Rivers.

Question 14

How does Jane describe her state upon being helped into the house?

Answer 14

She feels as though she has passed from death into life and from darkness into light.

Question 15

What is the final humbling thought Jane has as she is being cared for?

Answer 15

That God’s providence had not abandoned her, despite her desperate situation.