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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Judith is in bed hallucinating, why is the maid taking so long to buy the milk?
(a) She stopped at the tavern.
(b) She is flirting with the dairyman.
(c) She got lost.
(d) She is visiting a sick friend.

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

3. Who lives in the apartment with Hamnet?
(a) His mother and sisters.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

4. Where is Hamnet's mother when he is searching for help with Judith?
(a) The forest.
(b) Hewlands.
(c) The marketplace.
(d) The garden.

5. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the Latin tutor make love for the first time in Chapter 4?
(a) The apple store.
(b) The henhouse.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) Her garden.

6. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?
(a) Goose.
(b) Bread.
(c) Griddle cakes.
(d) Cheese.

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

8. What color is Agnes’s wedding dress?
(a) Rose.
(b) Primrose.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Cream.

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

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

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

12. What does Hamnet ask his mother about Judith when she sees her upstairs for the first time in Chapter 7?
(a) He asks if Judith has the pestilence.
(b) He asks if he will get sick too.
(c) He asks if Judith will die.
(d) He asks if his mother is feeling ill.

13. Which child writes the responses to their father’s letters because Agnes does not write well?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Edmond.
(c) Judith.
(d) Hamnet.

14. With what object would Agnes’s stepmother hit her?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A cup.
(c) A broom.
(d) A wooden spoon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which characters worked out the marriage plan between Agnes and the tutor?

3. Whose initial calmness in regards to Agnes’s pregnancy surprised the tutor in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?

5. Why does John hurl himself at Edmond at dinner one night in Chapter 8?

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