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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. Why did John see Agnes’s pregnancy was a good thing for him?
(a) Because his son would finally move.
(b) Because of her dowry.
(c) Because he wanted someone to take over his glove business.
(d) Because he was going to be a grandfather.

2. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?
(a) A government official.
(b) An innkeeper.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A schoolteacher.

3. What view from the window at Hewlands is described at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) The forest.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The garden.
(d) The town.

4. What physical trait of Agnes’s stepmother was it rumored had something to to with Agnes?
(a) The cut on her lip.
(b) Her limp.
(c) The rash on her hands.
(d) The boils on her face.

5. Why does Mary tell Agnes she is upset at Hamnet and Judith when Agnes asks where they are?
(a) They are not helping with dinner.
(b) They made a mess of the kitchen.
(c) They played with cats all day.
(d) They did not chop the kindling.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the Latin tutor begin to do on the days he did not have to tutor?

4. What does Joan tell Agnes when Agnes tells her she wants to marry the Latin tutor?

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

(see the answer key)

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