The Midwife's Apprentice | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter One, The Dung Heap

1. Where does the protagonist burrow to keep warm in Chapter 1?

2. What is the only name that the protagonist is known by when the novel begins?

3. What is the protagonist sure of about her family?

4. How does the protagonist live her life in Chapter 1?

5. According to the protagonist, why do villagers often drive her away?

6. What does the protagonist not do while she sleeps?

7. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?

8. Who stops the boys in the village from taunting the protagonist in Chapter 1?

9. What does the protagonist ask the woman for in Chapter 1?