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

2. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the tutor first kiss in Chapter 2?
(a) The forest.
(b) The apple store.
(c) The cookhouse.
(d) Her chamber.

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

4. How many years before Judith’s illness does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

5. Which character is drunk and spills ale on his paperwork in Chapter 1?
(a) Edmond.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) John.
(d) Hamnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what object does Hamnet get hit on the head with in Chapter 1?

2. Who was Hewlands left to after Agnes’s father died?

3. For what was John fined and ultimately shunned from the community?

4. What do people often ask Susanna about which irritates her?

5. What has the tutor heard of the eldest daughter at Hewlands?

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