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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maudlin sound the alarm, causing everyone to run from the house in a panic?
(a) Because the kitchen is on fire.
(b) Because Moll is missing.
(c) Because the sheep have been snatched from their pen.
(d) Because she is in labor.

2. Why does Touchwood Senior say riding after drinking is important to the patient?
(a) Because it helps the potion stick to the stomach.
(b) Because it mixes the potion.
(c) Because it settles the patient's stomach.
(d) Because it moves the potion through the body faster.

3. Who gives Mistress Allwit with the unusual spoons?
(a) Sir Walter.
(b) Yellowhammer.
(c) Moll.
(d) Davy Duhana.

4. Who does Moll run away with when her mother runs out to find her?
(a) Touchwood Junior.
(b) Touchwood Senior.
(c) Lady Kix.
(d) Sir Oliver.

5. Which of the following is NOT something for which Sir Oliver is willing to pay Touchwood Senior?
(a) The labor of Lady Kix.
(b) The birth of a male child.
(c) The vial of milk.
(d) The impregnation of Lady Kix.

6. Who pays for the post-christening party?
(a) Davy Duhana.
(b) Yellowhammer.
(c) Sir Allwit.
(d) Sir Walter.

7. How much is Touchwood Senior paid for the news that Lady Kix is pregnant?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 1000 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) Nothing.

8. Why does Touchwood Senior decide to help Sir Oliver and his wife with their cause?
(a) Because he is tricked into coming.
(b) Because he knows it will infuriate Sir Walter.
(c) Because he wants the money.
(d) Because he wants to help a couple in need.

9. Who does Sir Oliver order to pay Touchwood Senior for the news that Lady Kix is pregnant?
(a) A servant.
(b) Sir Walter.
(c) His banker.
(d) No one.

10. What news does the first servant bring, interrupting the dictation of Sir Walter's will?
(a) That Lady Kix is pregnant.
(b) That Sir Walter is under arrest.
(c) That Touchwood Junior is dead.
(d) That Moll has run off again.

11. Who catches Moll as she is trying to escape?
(a) Yellowhammer.
(b) Tim.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Davy Duhana.

12. Who carries Moll to her bedroom after she hears the news about Touchwood Junior?
(a) Yellowhammer.
(b) A maid.
(c) Sir Walter.
(d) Davy Duhana.

13. How does Yellowhammer react to the truth about Moll's funeral?
(a) He is outraged.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is embarrassed.

14. Whose opinion of them seems to concern the Yellowhammers most?
(a) The neighbors'.
(b) The Gossips'.
(c) The childrens'.
(d) Sir Walter's.

15. How do the Puritan women treat the food at the party?
(a) They ignore it completely.
(b) They pick at it and then grow bored.
(c) They eat it heartily.
(d) They are banned from touching it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tim say to patronize his mother?

2. How is Moll dragged back to her family?

3. What becomes the Yellowhammers' main priority after Moll becomes ill?

4. What does Allwit decide to turn his house into after Sir Walter is removed from it?

5. Which of Maudlin's relatives arrives unexpectedly to the party?

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