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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Great Burning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Josiah doing when Anna gets to the tavern?
(a) Preaching.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

2. What is Anna's father sentenced to?
(a) Burning at the stake.
(b) Hanging.
(c) A dagger through the hands.
(d) Firing squad.

3. What does Anna feed the horse?
(a) Apples.
(b) Hay.
(c) Straw.
(d) Carrots.

4. Why does Anna go to the tavern after Maggie comes back?
(a) To borrow a handcart.
(b) To remember Sam.
(c) To get a drink.
(d) To see her father.

5. What happens to Mem Gowdie after the encounter at the old mine?
(a) She leaves the village and survives.
(b) She is killed because she is thought to be a witch.
(c) She is severely sick from her near-drowning and dies.
(d) She gets the plague and dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?

2. What punishment does Anna compare the plague to?

3. Who is Maggie Cantwell?

4. What does Anna do as she leaves the Daniel's house?

5. What makes Anna suspect that Elinor is sick?

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