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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. Where was John heading when Hamnet passed him on the way to the physician’s house?
(a) The post office.
(b) The inn.
(c) The tavern.
(d) His workshop.

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

3. Where is Hamnet's mother when he is searching for help with Judith?
(a) The garden.
(b) The forest.
(c) Hewlands.
(d) The marketplace.

4. What part of the tutor’s body does Agnes press when they first meet?
(a) His thigh.
(b) His face.
(c) His biceps.
(d) The space between his thumb and forefinger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before Judith’s illness does Chapter 2 begin?

2. Which character does Hamnet’s father tell him to stay clear of when he was in “one of his black humors”?

3. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the tutor first kiss in Chapter 2?

4. Where was it rumored that Agnes’s mother had come from before being taken in by the farmer?

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

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