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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Pp. 245-74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the tutor need his parent’s permission to marry Agnes?
(a) Because they were controlling.
(b) Because of his young age.
(c) Because they were in debt to Agnes’s family.
(d) Because all marriages required parental permission back then.

2. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she sees him holding hands with Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) That he is never seen at church.
(b) That he is a scoundrel.
(c) That he was a drunk.
(d) That he owed everyone in town.

3. What about Agnes’s pregnancy excites the tutor most?
(a) He can finally move out.
(b) He will not get her dowry.
(c) Nobody will be able to object to their marriage.
(d) He has always wanted a son.

4. What does Eliza offer to do for Agnes at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Bake her wedding cake.
(b) Sew her wedding gown.
(c) Make her wedding crown.
(d) Walk her down the aisle.

5. Why was a deal made for the glover’s son to go to Hewlands twice a week?
(a) To entice the eldest daughter to marry him.
(b) To earn his own money.
(c) To teach him responsibility.
(d) To pay off a debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Agnes’s father marry after her mother dies?

2. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?

3. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?

4. What does the tutor see a young woman holding as he peers out the window at Hewlands?

5. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?

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