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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eliza and her brother find in the attic which upset their father?
(a) Old love letters.
(b) Money.
(c) Boxes of unsold gloves.
(d) Wool bales.

2. What kind of soap does Mary find Agnes and Eliza washing Edmond with in Chapter 8?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Rosehips.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Chamomile.

3. When Hamnet returns home in Chapter 3 he is sure his mother will be there and will have given Judith what?
(a) Her healing hugs.
(b) Medicine from the physician.
(c) One of her magic tinctures.
(d) A bath.

4. Who was Hewlands left to after Agnes’s father died?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Joan.
(c) Agnes.
(d) The priest.

5. 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.

6. Who built the apartment in which Hamnet and his family live?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

7. How old was Mary’s daughter when she died of the pestilence years earlier?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

8. Who is the person who gestures to the Latin tutor to go to the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home?
(a) Edmond.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Ned.

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

10. With what object does Hamnet get hit on the head with in Chapter 1?
(a) A cup.
(b) A mallet.
(c) A plate.
(d) A broom.

11. Which of her husband’s relatives does Agnes foresee dying after having many children?
(a) Edmond.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Anne.
(d) John.

12. What name does Joan call Agnes when she discovered she was pregnant?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Trollop.
(c) Whore.
(d) Fustylugs.

13. What character is staring out the window of Hewlands at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) The Latin Tutor.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Joan.

14. What rumor does Eliza tell her brother she has heard in Chapter 4?
(a) That he has been seeing Agnes.
(b) That his father’s business is closing.
(c) That Agnes is engaged.
(d) That his father’s debt will never be paid off.

15. What has the tutor heard of the eldest daughter at Hewlands?
(a) She is well educated.
(b) She might be a witch.
(c) She is wealthy.
(d) She is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susanna imagine other mothers are doing while her mother is out “gathering weeds...muddying her boots” (53)?

2. Which character is drunk and spills ale on his paperwork in Chapter 1?

3. How many living children did Agnes’s birth mother give birth to?

4. Who comes to the apartment on Henley Street to inspect it before Agnes is able to move in?

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

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