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Year of Wonders Quiz

Geraldine Brooks
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Year of Wonders Quiz

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1)

Who is Thomas Stanley? (from Venom in the Blood)

The justice of the peace.
A miner.
A well respected doctor.
The former parson of the village parish.
2)

Where is Elinor buried? (from Applie Picking Time)

At the Delf.
In the churchyard.
Her body is burned.
Near the mine.
3)

Who is Maggie Cantwell? (from Wide Green Prison)

A cook for the Bradford family.
Anna's sister.
George Viccars' wife.
A witch.
4)

What does Elinor do when Anna agrees to go along with the rector's plan? (from Venom in the Blood)

She strikes Anna.
She frowns.
She begins to laugh at Anna.
She gives Anna a hug.
5)

What does Anna discover about the baby still inside Mary Daniel? (from Wide Green Prison)

There is no baby.
The baby is deformed.
The baby is backwards.
The baby is dead.
6)

What does Anna see when she wakes up and goes outside after her substance-induced sleep? (from The Poppies of Lethe)

Elinor standing outside her door.
Sally Maston standing in the doorway, her parents dying from the plague.
A large snowfall preventing her from going to the rectory.
Anys Gowdie standing in her garden.
7)

What does Mompellion do after Elinor's death that is unusual? (from Applie Picking Time)

Cuts his hair and burns it.
Burns all of Elinor's possessions.
Takes Anteros for a ride and doesn't come back for days.
Locks himself up in the rectory.
8)

Where does Anna find Elizabeth Bradford? (from Epilogue - The Waves, Like Ridges of Plow'd Land)

At her house.
At Anna's cottage.
In the church.
In the graveyard.
9)

What ultimately happens to Maggie Cantwell? (from So Soon to be Dust)

She ends up living in the orchard alone.
She moves around the village, offering medicine and curing the plague.
She dies from the plague and is buried.
She dies from her injuries and from the stroke.
10)

Why does Maggie Cantwell come for Anna's help? (from Wide Green Prison)

She is accused of being a witch and needs somewhere to hide.
She has come looking for George.
The Bradfords are leaving; she needs help getting her things.
She has traveled to the village to help Anna, and needs a place to stay.
11)

What sad marker does the town come upon in June? (from The Press of Their Ghosts)

Plague free for six months.
None of the answers if correct.
There are more people above ground than in it.
There are more people in the ground than above it.
12)

What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna? (from The Poppies of Lethe)

That she had been with child once.
That she is getting ready to flee.
That she takes poppy every night so that she may sleep.
That the rector is sick.
13)

What does Anna say they should not give Mary during her labor? (from Wide Green Prison)

Tea.
Poppy.
A doctor.
Water.
14)

What does Aphra run at Anna with when Anna bursts in the door? (from A Great Burning)

A serpent.
A magic wand.
A hot poker.
A spider.
15)

Who is Anna referring to in this sentence? "She was a shrewd woman, in spite of all her superstitious fancies." (from Venom in the Blood)

Elinor Mompellion.
Anys Gowdie.
Mary Hadfield.
Her stepmother.
16)

What is the condition of Anna's father when they find him? (from The Body of the Mine)

Dead, eaten by animals.
Dead from self-inflicted wounds.
Alive, but deranged.
Alive, but with hypothermia.
17)

Where is Faith when Anna comes to visit Aphra? (from A Great Burning)

Hanging on the wall, dead.
In the rafters.
Dancing with her mother.
Buried alive.
18)

What is strange about the rector's reaction when he sees Elinor and Anna at the tavern? (from Among Those That Go Down to the Pit)

He starts yelling at them for being stupid.
He begins to cry.
He opens his arms out as if to hug, then claps his hand together.
He leans forward as if to kiss, then draws back.
19)

Who is able to subdue the angry woman at the Thanksgiving service? (from Deliverance)

Anna.
The rector.
Elinor.
John Gordon.
20)

Why is Anna disgusted with the rector? (from Epilogue - The Waves, Like Ridges of Plow'd Land)

Because he won't keep his hands off her.
For his treatment of Elinor.
For the way he handled the plague.
For his treatment of Anteros.
21)

What question does Anna ask herself while sitting with Maggie? (from So Soon to be Dust)

Why Maggie has to die of the plague; she always lived so healthfully.
Why Maggie was able to save a child, but not hers.
Why a good person like Maggie cannot find a place to live.
Why a good person like Maggie suffers while her father wastes away in his drunkenness.
22)

What does Anna's father do to Christopher Unwin during the night? (from The Body of the Mine)

Tries to bury him.
Tries to infect him with the plague.
Accuses Christopher of starting the plague.
Challenges him to a duel.
23)

Whom does Anna think she sees when she tries to light a fire in the cottage? (from The Poppies of Lethe)

Lib Hancock.
Sam Frith.
Anys Gowdie.
Mem Gowdie.
24)

What does Aphra make for Josiah that Anna questions? (from The Body of the Mine)

A crown of thorns.
A sack of poisonous herbs.
A figure of sticks, not Christian.
A ring of roses.
25)

Who is integral to the rector's plan for the village? (from Venom in the Blood)

The earl of Chatsworth.
Anna Frith.
Colonel Bradford.
Anys Gowdie.
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