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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Press of Their Ghosts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Anna embarrassed to see the rector when she is in the meadow with her children?
(a) The rector should be in church.
(b) She is breastfeeding.
(c) Anna is naked.
(d) The rector is singing.

2. What happens to Edward Cooper after he plays in the wood pile?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He only has a fever, and follows the doctor's orders.
(c) He goes into a coma.
(d) He dies.

3. What were Edward and Jamie playing with in the wood pile?
(a) Dead rats.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Rotten wood.
(d) Snakes.

4. What conclusion does Anna come to about the plague after leaving the Mowbrays?
(a) The plague was sent to weed out the weak.
(b) The plague is not the Devil or nature, but God.
(c) The plague is neither God nor Devil, but nature.
(d) The plague is not nature or God, but the Devil.

5. Who came back with Maggie when she returned to the village?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Brand.
(c) Nobody.
(d) A relative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?

2. Why does Anna throw Elinor and Michael's plates against the wall?

3. What did the Mowbrays do to their infant to protect it from the plague?

4. What do Anna and her children find in the field?

5. Where do they finally find John Gordon?

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