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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 4 & 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hamnet unaware he passed on his way to the physician’s house while they were making glove deliveries?
(a) Mary and Judith.
(b) Mary and Susanna.
(c) Bartholomew and Joan.
(d) Agnes and her husband.

2. What rumor does Eliza tell her brother she has heard in Chapter 4?
(a) That he has been seeing Agnes.
(b) That his father’s business is closing.
(c) That Agnes is engaged.
(d) That his father’s debt will never be paid off.

3. What do people often ask Susanna about which irritates her?
(a) Her siblings behavior.
(b) Her mother’s abilities.
(c) Her father’s life in London.
(d) Her grandfather’s glove business.

4. Who does Eliza’s brother tell her gave Agnes the kestrel?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A priest.

5. Which character does Hamnet’s father tell him to stay clear of when he was in “one of his black humors”?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) The apprentice.
(d) The innkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John ask his son when they were alone after Agnes’s pregnancy was revealed?

2. Which young character is sick at the start of Hamnet?

3. What does Agnes remember her mother’s name to be, despite it never being mentioned after her death?

4. Why was a deal made for the glover’s son to go to Hewlands twice a week?

5. Which characters worked out the marriage plan between Agnes and the tutor?

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