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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sent to Hewlands to look for Agnes in Chapter 10 while she is in labor?
(a) Edmond.
(b) Eliza.
(c) John.
(d) Ned.

2. Who carries Hamnet’s body to the burial site?
(a) Hamnet’s father and Bartholomew.
(b) Hamnet’s father and grandfather.
(c) Bartholomew and Edmond.
(d) Hamnet’s father and uncle Edmond.

3. What Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

4. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?
(a) John.
(b) Mary.
(c) Judith.
(d) Edmond.

5. What does Mary tell Agnes she must do to her son after he is born because she did it to her sons and they all grew to be strong?
(a) Sing to him.
(b) Swaddle him.
(c) Nurse him.
(d) Rock him.

6. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?
(a) Rowan.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Forest.
(d) Kestrel.

7. The first event described in Chapter 11 that leads to Judith getting pestilence involves what artisan?
(a) A glove maker.
(b) A candle maker.
(c) A glassmaker.
(d) A dressmaker.

8. How old is Susanna about to be at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. What do the ship men do with the cats after they die on the cabin boy’s ship in Chapter 11?
(a) Pack them into crates.
(b) Leave them alone.
(c) Feed them to the rats.
(d) Throw them overboard.

10. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he wants to buy a house for the family?
(a) Kent.
(b) Stratford.
(c) London.
(d) Oxford.

11. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) Kent.
(b) London.
(c) Murano.
(d) Stokenchurch.

12. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?
(a) A glass bowl.
(b) A wooden box.
(c) A silk pouch.
(d) A leather pouch.

13. Who does Eliza write to to tell about Judith’s declining health?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Joan.
(d) Her father.

14. What is Judith doing when she sees her father walking down Henley Street in Part II?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Playing with kitten.
(c) Playing with Edmond’s dog.
(d) Washing clothes.

15. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?
(a) She keeps busy so as not to focus on her loss.
(b) She is depressed and cannot cook or clean.
(c) She becomes angry at everyone.
(d) She spends most of her time at Hewlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith tell Agnes when she finds her making Hamnet's shroud in Part II?

2. Why does Mary not want to leave Agnes alone at the end of her pregnancy in Chapter 16?

3. While in labor in Chapter 16, Agnes thinks of a letter from her husband describing what in great detail?

4. Who carries Agnes away after she has given birth to Susanna?

5. What insect comes between Agnes’s brother and husband allowing her husband to free himself from Bartholomew’s grasp in Chapter 10?

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