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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Midwife's Apprentice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The village boys stick the cat in a sack with ______________.
(a) An eel.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A mouse.

2. What does Alyce worry about in Chapter 13?
(a) If she really helped Edward after all.
(b) If Jane is doing alright without her help.
(c) If she will ever get married and have children.
(d) If she will ever know where she came from.

3. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?
(a) Stinky Face.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Dung Beetle.
(d) Grubby Girl.

4. What name does Jane call Alyce instead of Alyce?
(a) Dung.
(b) Amy.
(c) Brat.
(d) Beetle.

5. What do the boys think Alyce is threatening them with in Chapter 9?
(a) A large and spiky metal ring on her finger.
(b) A smelly steel boot.
(c) Rat's blood and wiper's flesh.
(d) Maggots and slugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the villagers comment on Alyce's insanity in Chapter 6?

2. According to Beetle, why is the midwife's surname Sharp?

3. Whom is Alyce visiting when she discovers a boy sleeping in some hay?

4. What is there an abundance of in Chapter 4?

5. What does Alyce determine she wants to be one day?

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