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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hamnet notice on Judith’s neck after he returns to her chamber in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue-green Bruises.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Oval shaped swelling.
(d) Tiny red blotches.

2. Which character is the only one who seems to know where Hamnet has been when he is daydreaming?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Agnes.
(c) John.
(d) Mary.

3. Where does Agnes feel she falls in the hierarchy of her husband’s family when they first move in?
(a) Between the sons and daughter.
(b) Between the apprentice and hen.
(c) Between the maid and the apprentice.
(d) Between the pigs and the maid.

4. Why does Mary tell Agnes she is upset at Hamnet and Judith when Agnes asks where they are?
(a) They played with cats all day.
(b) They are not helping with dinner.
(c) They made a mess of the kitchen.
(d) They did not chop the kindling.

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

6. What do people often ask Susanna about which irritates her?
(a) Her father’s life in London.
(b) Her siblings behavior.
(c) Her mother’s abilities.
(d) Her grandfather’s glove business.

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

8. Where was it rumored that Agnes’s mother had come from before being taken in by the farmer?
(a) The forest.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) The streets.
(d) The city.

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

10. How does Eliza’s brother describe Agnes to her?
(a) Funny and Silly.
(b) Evil and manipulative.
(c) Gentle, caring, and unique.
(d) Well-read and highly educated.

11. What has excited the Latin tutor about teaching Latin in Chapter 4?
(a) Meeting Agnes.
(b) The boys have been making excellent progress.
(c) He got a raise.
(d) The debt is nearly paid off.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Agnes’s pregnancy excites the tutor most?

2. Which character does Hamnet’s father tell him to stay clear of when he was in “one of his black humors”?

3. After Hamnet is unable to find his family, who does he tell Judith he will look for to help?

4. Who does the tutor believe the girl he spotted from the window in Chapter 2 must be?

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

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