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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smouldering herb does Agnes wave around the beehive in Chapter 1?
(a) Feverfew.
(b) Chickweed.
(c) Sage.
(d) Rosemary.

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

3. Where is the Latin tutor when Eliza gets him to tell him he needs to go home in Chapter 4?
(a) His father’s stand at the market.
(b) The library.
(c) The tavern.
(d) The attic.

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

5. Who is the first to come home in Chapter 3 after Hamnet, not knowing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Mary.
(c) Their father.
(d) Agnes.

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

7. In what city is Judith’s father living while she is sick in the apartment?
(a) London.
(b) Oxford.
(c) York.
(d) Bath.

8. What does Bartholomew whisper to the bridegroom at his sister’s wedding?
(a) He is so happy for them both.
(b) He cannot wait to meet their child.
(c) He had better take care of Agnes.
(d) Agnes is too good for him.

9. Why does the doctor refuse to come in the house when Judith is sick in Chapter 9?
(a) He fears getting sick.
(b) He is afraid Agnes is a witch.
(c) John owes him money.
(d) He does not like Mary.

10. What does Bartholomew explain to Joan that she does not have the right to decide when they find out Agnes is pregnant?
(a) Where the wedding will be held.
(b) Whether or not Agnes can marry the tutor.
(c) Where the baby will be born.
(d) If Agnes can stay in the house.

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

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

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

14. 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 pay off a debt.
(c) To teach him responsibility.
(d) To earn his own money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Latin tutor shocked to see in the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home in Chapter 4?

2. With what object does Hamnet get hit on the head with in Chapter 1?

3. Who does Agnes find looking pale at the bottom of the stairs at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What does Hamnet notice on Judith’s neck after he returns to her chamber in Chapter 1?

5. How old was Mary’s daughter when she died of the pestilence years earlier?

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