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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?
(a) They turn them away.
(b) They are mean and vindictive.
(c) They are surprised and proud.
(d) They are scornful.

2. What does Elinor carry in her arms during the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Apples.
(d) Children.

3. What was the name of the boy who abandoned Elinor after convincing her to run away from home?
(a) Henry.
(b) Sam.
(c) Michael.
(d) Charles.

4. Who is dragged to the meeting at the Delf dressed in black?
(a) Aphra.
(b) Anna.
(c) Anys.
(d) Elinor.

5. What does Kate Talbot resort to in her desperation after seeing her husband's affliction?
(a) She tries to induce labor.
(b) She runs after her husband, who abandoned her.
(c) She tries to do a spell, hoping it will cure her husband.
(d) She tries to put her husband out of his misery.

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

7. What deal does Anna make with her father in return for his service digging graves?
(a) Poppy.
(b) Ale.
(c) Her medicinal herbs.
(d) Some of her lambs.

8. What does Elinor say when she is delirious?
(a) "Michael, save me."
(b) "Michael, go on without me."
(c) "Michael, how much longer, my love?"
(d) "Michael, my love, I'm pregnant."

9. Whom does Anna want to see before they die from the plague?
(a) Elinor Mompellion, her mentor.
(b) Sam Frith, her husband.
(c) Anys Gowdie, her friend.
(d) Lib Hancock, her oldest friend.

10. What happens to Aphra at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) She turns the knife on herself.
(b) She runs into the woods.
(c) She cries and repents her devil worship.
(d) The armed woman murders her.

11. What business does the rector take care of before mourning Elinor's death?
(a) Cuts his hair and burns it.
(b) Opens up the road and writes the plague has passed.
(c) Carves a gravestone.
(d) Goes to Elinor's father to tell the news.

12. What does Anna try to do for the rector but is unable?
(a) Cut the rector's hair.
(b) Dress the rector.
(c) Persuade the rector to visit Elinor's grave.
(d) Shave the rector.

13. What happened to Kate Talbot's husband?
(a) He burned his plague sore with a hot iron.
(b) He abandoned his family, afraid of the plague.
(c) He died in a mining accident.
(d) Kate burned him when they got into an argument.

14. What dangerous method does Anna use in the mine?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Vibration.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Fire.

15. What punishment does Aphra receive from the villagers?
(a) She is burned at the stake.
(b) She is sent to live in isolation and banned from the town.
(c) None; the rector says she had endured enough.
(d) She is sent to the stocks for a week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under what charge is Anna's father brought to trial?

3. What does Aphra make for Josiah that Anna questions?

4. What is the condition of Anna's father when they find him?

5. Who does the rector convince Jakob Merill to leave his house to?

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