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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the first person seeking a cure that Agnes agrees to see after Hamnet’s death?
(a) The baker’s wife.
(b) The old woman from the dairy.
(c) The midwife.
(d) The priest.

3. Who is the person who is certain where Agnes has gone to give birth in chapter 10?
(a) Agnes’s husband.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Joan.
(d) Mary.

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

5. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?
(a) They cannot move.
(b) They have to be amputated.
(c) They turn black.
(d) They are stuck together.

6. What member of Agnes’s family ends up handling the box of glass beads and rags from Murano?
(a) Hamnet.
(b) Judith.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) Her husband.

7. What year is it at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1483.
(d) 1683.

8. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?
(a) The guildhall.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Hewlands.
(d) London.

9. Why does Agnes go outside in the middle of the night in Part II?
(a) She is sleepwalking.
(b) She hears her son’s cry.
(c) She thinks her husband has come home.
(d) She hears feet outside her window.

10. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) His wife’s strange behavior.
(b) Him having more children.
(c) Him moving to London.
(d) His lack of work.

11. Why is the cabin boy ordered to leave the ship in Chapter 11?
(a) To find new crewmembers.
(b) To deliver a package.
(c) Because he was drunk.
(d) To get food for his mates.

12. What does Hamnet do when he pulls the covers over his and his sister’s head in Chapter 13?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He holds her and cries.
(c) He breathes his strength and health into her.
(d) He prays.

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

14. How does Hamnet feel after waking after Mary leaves to mail the letter Eliza wrote?
(a) Delirious.
(b) He has a pain in his head.
(c) Nauseous.
(d) Energized.

15. 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) Swaddle him.
(b) Nurse him.
(c) Sing to him.
(d) Rock him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?

2. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?

3. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?

4. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Judith think her father does not come to visit after Hamnet’s death?

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