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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why does the priest place a linen on the bride and bridegroom at the wedding in Chapter 6?
(a) To protect them from evil.
(b) So nobody can see them kiss.
(c) So nobody can see Agnes is pregnant.
(d) To unite them as one.

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

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

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

7. What does Joan tell Agnes when Agnes tells her she wants to marry the Latin tutor?
(a) That she can do what she wants.
(b) That she will not allow it.
(c) That she will be banished from Hewlands.
(d) That Bartholomew will not let her.

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

9. What does the physicians wife ask Hamnet if Judith has before pushing him away?
(a) A stomach ache.
(b) A fever.
(c) A rash.
(d) Buboes.

10. How many years before Judith’s illness does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

11. What type of bird does Agnes have when he first sees her outside Hewlands?
(a) A kestrel.
(b) A dove.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A pigeon.

12. Who comes to the door in Chapter 9 and looks like a ghost to Hamnet?
(a) The physician.
(b) His father.
(c) John.
(d) Judith.

13. What was the name of Eliza and her brother’s older sibling who died?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Mary.
(c) Judith.
(d) Anne.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Where was John heading when Hamnet passed him on the way to the physician’s house?

5. With what object would Agnes’s stepmother hit her?

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