View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John believe Hamnet will take over the glove business?
(a) Because he is business savvy.
(b) Because he is a boy.
(c) Because he is very smart.
(d) Because he is good at glove making.

2. Whose initial calmness in regards to Agnes’s pregnancy surprised the tutor in Chapter 4?
(a) John.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Mary.

3. While Judith is in bed hallucinating, why is the maid taking so long to buy the milk?
(a) She is flirting with the dairyman.
(b) She is visiting a sick friend.
(c) She stopped at the tavern.
(d) She got lost.

4. What did the Latin tutor begin to do on the days he did not have to tutor?
(a) Lie in bed.
(b) Work the farm at Hewlands.
(c) Go to the tavern.
(d) Help his father in the workshop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eliza’s brother tell her gave Agnes the kestrel?

2. When does the father tell them he will come home from London?

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

4. Who is the first to come home in Chapter 3 after Hamnet, not knowing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

5. Who does the tutor believe the girl he spotted from the window in Chapter 2 must be?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 267 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample