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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 year is it at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1683.
(d) 1483.

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

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

4. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?
(a) They cannot move.
(b) They are stuck together.
(c) They turn black.
(d) They have to be amputated.

5. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?
(a) A government official.
(b) A schoolteacher.
(c) An innkeeper.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith tell Agnes when she finds her making Hamnet's shroud in Part II?

2. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the Latin tutor make love for the first time in Chapter 4?

3. What has excited the Latin tutor about teaching Latin in Chapter 4?

4. What did Eliza and her brother find in the attic which upset their father?

5. What happens to Hamnet at the very end of Chapter 17?

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