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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 2 & 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what object would Agnes’s stepmother hit her?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A cup.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A broom.

2. Who is the author of the novel Hamnet?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Maggie O’Farrell.
(c) Judith O’Farrell.
(d) Maggie O’Connor.

3. What has the tutor heard of the eldest daughter at Hewlands?
(a) She is wealthy.
(b) She is well educated.
(c) She might be a witch.
(d) She is beautiful.

4. Which child writes the responses to their father’s letters because Agnes does not write well?
(a) Edmond.
(b) Judith.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Hamnet.

5. When does the father tell them he will come home from London?
(a) On Hamnet and Judith’s next birthday.
(b) If the plague reaches London.
(c) Christmas.
(d) When he gets fired.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?

3. Where was John heading when Hamnet passed him on the way to the physician’s house?

4. What animals were Hamnet and his sister playing with when she first complained of a headache?

5. Whose money does John, a once prosperous man, rely on in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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