The Midwife's Apprentice | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter One, The Dung Heap

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

A dung heap.

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

Brat.

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

She must have had a mother.

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

By taking what she can and working where she can.

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

She has overstayed her welcome.

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

Dreams.

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

Dung Beetle.

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

A woman of average age and looks.

9. What does the protagonist ask the woman...
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