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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mary react when her son told her that he was the father of Agnes’s baby?
(a) She stormed out of the parlor.
(b) She got on her knees and prayed.
(c) She beat him with her fists.
(d) She hugged Agnes.

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

3. Agnes vows she will leave Hewlands when she finds this, which she got from her mother.
(a) The other half of a locket.
(b) Unconditional love.
(c) Someone who can see into the future.
(d) An herb garden.

4. When does the father tell them he will come home from London?
(a) When he gets fired.
(b) On Hamnet and Judith’s next birthday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) If the plague reaches London.

5. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) A government official.
(c) An innkeeper.
(d) A farmer.

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

7. Why does the doctor who comes to see Judith in Chapter 9 dislike Agnes?
(a) She never pays him.
(b) He does not like farmers.
(c) He thinks she is a witch.
(d) She takes his patients from him, reducing his income.

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

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

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

11. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the tutor first kiss in Chapter 2?
(a) Her chamber.
(b) The forest.
(c) The cookhouse.
(d) The apple store.

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

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

14. Who entered Hewlands and stopped Joan from hitting Agnes when she discovered she was pregnant?
(a) Eliza.
(b) John.
(c) The Latin tutor.
(d) Bartholomew.

15. Who is Hamnet unaware he passed on his way to the physician’s house while they were making glove deliveries?
(a) Mary and Susanna.
(b) Bartholomew and Joan.
(c) Mary and Judith.
(d) Agnes and her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person who gestures to the Latin tutor to go to the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home?

2. What physical trait of Agnes’s stepmother was it rumored had something to to with Agnes?

3. Where does Agnes feel she falls in the hierarchy of her husband’s family when they first move in?

4. What flowers on her wedding crown does Eliza tell Agnes will match her dress?

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

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