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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 17, Part II, pp. 217-244. .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Eliza and her brother’s older sibling who died?
(a) Judith.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Anne.
(d) Mary.

2. What physical trait of Agnes’s stepmother was it rumored had something to to with Agnes?
(a) The boils on her face.
(b) The rash on her hands.
(c) Her limp.
(d) The cut on her lip.

3. How did Eliza and Anne’s brother teach them how to read?
(a) By tracing letters in dust with his finger.
(b) By having them trace over his schoolwork.
(c) Using pieces of straw to make letters.
(d) With a slate he had stolen from school.

4. What does Joan tell Agnes when Agnes tells her she wants to marry the Latin tutor?
(a) That she will not allow it.
(b) That she can do what she wants.
(c) That she will be banished from Hewlands.
(d) That Bartholomew will not let her.

5. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she sees him holding hands with Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) That he is a scoundrel.
(b) That he was a drunk.
(c) That he is never seen at church.
(d) That he owed everyone in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?

2. Where does Agnes go after dropping honey and herbs off at home without realizing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

3. Who was Hewlands left to after Agnes’s father died?

4. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?

5. Who entered Hewlands and stopped Joan from hitting Agnes when she discovered she was pregnant?

(see the answer key)

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