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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does John believe Hamnet will take over the glove business?
(a) Because he is very smart.
(b) Because he is a boy.
(c) Because he is business savvy.
(d) Because he is good at glove making.

4. Why did John see Agnes’s pregnancy was a good thing for him?
(a) Because he wanted someone to take over his glove business.
(b) Because he was going to be a grandfather.
(c) Because his son would finally move.
(d) Because of her dowry.

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

6. Who does Agnes find looking pale at the bottom of the stairs at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Judith.
(d) Hamnet.

7. What animals were Hamnet and his sister playing with when she first complained of a headache?
(a) Birds.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Squirrels.

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

9. What part of the tutor’s body does Agnes press when they first meet?
(a) His biceps.
(b) His face.
(c) The space between his thumb and forefinger.
(d) His thigh.

10. Who does Eliza’s brother tell her gave Agnes the kestrel?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) A priest.

11. What does Agnes remember her mother’s name to be, despite it never being mentioned after her death?
(a) Rowan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Joan.
(d) Susanna.

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

13. How old was Agnes when she predicted that death of a visitor?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 18.

14. How many living children did Agnes’s birth mother give birth to?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

15. What does Agnes do while Bartholomew and Joan are still discussing Agnes’s pregnancy?
(a) She argues with them.
(b) She hides in the forest.
(c) She packs her things and leaves Hewlands.
(d) She writes a letter to the Latin tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the doctor who comes to see Judith in Chapter 9 dislike Agnes?

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

3. Whose money does John, a once prosperous man, rely on in Chapter 1?

4. Who built the apartment in which Hamnet and his family live?

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

(see the answer keys)

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