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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first indication to Joan that one of the girls might be pregnant?
(a) There were fewer monthlies to wash.
(b) She heard someone throwing up.
(c) Her daughter’s dress appeared snug.
(d) They seemed to be eating more.

2. Who comes to the apartment on Henley Street to inspect it before Agnes is able to move in?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) John.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Joan.

3. Who is the first to come home in Chapter 3 after Hamnet, not knowing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?
(a) Their father.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Mary.

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

5. Where was it rumored that Agnes’s mother had come from before being taken in by the farmer?
(a) The streets.
(b) The forest.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) The city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hamnet’s father work and write about in his letters from London in Chapter 3?

2. When Hamnet returns home in Chapter 3 he is sure his mother will be there and will have given Judith what?

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

4. What color is Agnes’s wedding dress?

5. Where does Agnes go after dropping honey and herbs off at home without realizing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

(see the answer key)

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