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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kivrin take Agnes to Father Roche?
(a) In the hopes he can help heal Agnes' knee.
(b) To ask him to tell Anges Kivrin is not an angel.
(c) To get her baptized.
(d) To have him give Agnes penance.

2. Who does Rosemund trust about the marriage?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) No one.

3. What is Eliwys concerned about?
(a) That Gawyn has not returned.
(b) That there are bells tolling in the distance.
(c) That Rosemund is too young for marriage.
(d) That both dogs have died.

4. Why do the bells stop tolling?
(a) The plague is spent.
(b) The Bishop orders them to stop.
(c) The clapper broke.
(d) The bell rope broke.

5. What day is it at the opening of Chapter 17?
(a) Colin's birthday.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Mary begin to believe that the illness is not the South Carolina strain of flu?

2. What does Mary urge Dunworthy to do when he is angry?

3. What does Kivrin ask Fr. Roche to do?

4. Why has Fr. Roche consecrated part of the green?

5. Where does Kirvin say she and Fr. Roche are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kivrin take Agnes to Father Roche and what is the outcome?

2. What does Kivrin say about the rest of the family?

3. Describe Mary Ahrens.

4. What does Kivrin note about the Bishop's envoy?

5. Who is the next victim to fall ill and how does Kirvin discover it?

6. Describe the scene where Kivrin goes to mass with the family and her talk with Gawyn on the way home.

7. How does Kivrin slip up and what does she do to try to cover her mistake?

8. What does Kivrin write about the church bells and cemetery?

9. What do Mary and Dunworthy realize when Montoya is brought into the hospital and how does Dunworthy react?

10. What is the situation with the steward and digging graves?

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