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

2. What does Hamnet’s grandmother tell him he looks like when he goes to get her at the cookhouse per his mother’s instructions in Chapter 7?
(a) A rat.
(b) A man.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A girl.

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

4. Who does Agnes’s father marry after her mother dies?
(a) Jane.
(b) Jan.
(c) Judith.
(d) Joan.

5. How did Eliza and Anne’s brother teach them how to read?
(a) By having them trace over his schoolwork.
(b) Using pieces of straw to make letters.
(c) By tracing letters in dust with his finger.
(d) With a slate he had stolen from school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the priest place a linen on the bride and bridegroom at the wedding in Chapter 6?

2. What does Hamnet ask his mother about Judith when she sees her upstairs for the first time in Chapter 7?

3. What does Agnes do while Bartholomew and Joan are still discussing Agnes’s pregnancy?

4. What type of bird does Agnes have when he first sees her outside Hewlands?

5. What kind of soap does Mary find Agnes and Eliza washing Edmond with in Chapter 8?

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