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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. Where is Hamnet's mother when he is searching for help with Judith?
(a) The forest.
(b) The garden.
(c) Hewlands.
(d) The marketplace.

2. Which characters worked out the marriage plan between Agnes and the tutor?
(a) Joan and Agnes.
(b) Joan and the tutor.
(c) John and Bartholomew.
(d) Agnes and the tutor.

3. What did John ask his son when they were alone after Agnes’s pregnancy was revealed?
(a) If he has impregnated anyone else.
(b) If he really was the father.
(c) Why he wanted to marry that witch.
(d) If he knew what a responsibility parenthood was.

4. Which young character is sick at the start of Hamnet?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Judith.
(c) Mary.
(d) Hamnet.

5. What does Susanna imagine other mothers are doing while her mother is out “gathering weeds...muddying her boots” (53)?
(a) Feeding their children bread and stew.
(b) Washing their children’s muddied clothing.
(c) Mending clothes.
(d) Scrubbing floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Judith’s father living while she is sick in the apartment?

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

3. What is in the parcel the doctor gives them to tie around Judith’s stomach?

4. What character is staring out the window of Hewlands at the start of Chapter 2?

5. What view from the window at Hewlands is described at the start of Chapter 2?

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