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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) If he really was the father.
(b) If he knew what a responsibility parenthood was.
(c) Why he wanted to marry that witch.
(d) If he has impregnated anyone else.

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

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

4. What character is staring out the window of Hewlands at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Joan.
(c) The Latin Tutor.
(d) Agnes.

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

6. Who enters at the end of Chapter 3 and commands Susanna help with dinner?
(a) Susanna’s father.
(b) Mary.
(c) Agnes.
(d) John.

7. Whose money does John, a once prosperous man, rely on in Chapter 1?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter-in-law.

8. Who is the Latin tutor shocked to see in the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home in Chapter 4?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Joan.
(d) Thomas.

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

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

11. What does Hamnet’s grandmother tell him he looks like when he goes to get her at the cookhouse per his mother’s instructions in Chapter 7?
(a) A rat.
(b) A girl.
(c) A man.
(d) A ghost.

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

13. Why does Agnes wake before dawn when she moves into the apartment after the wedding?
(a) Because she had lived on a farm and is accustomed to waking early.
(b) So she can secretly learn to read.
(c) Because she wants to cook breakfast since she hates Mary’s cooking.
(d) So she can put spells on the family.

14. Who is the author of the novel Hamnet?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Maggie O’Farrell.
(c) Maggie O’Connor.
(d) Judith O’Farrell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John see Agnes’s pregnancy was a good thing for him?

2. What does Mary do when she goes to Judith’s room before telling Hamnet to gather wood for a fire?

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

4. What has the tutor heard of the eldest daughter at Hewlands?

5. What happens at her wedding after Agnes silently asks her mother to show her presence?

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