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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who helps Judith’s father get a horse to go to Stratford after he receives the letter of her ailing health?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A fellow playwright.
(c) An actor.
(d) Heminge.

4. 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) Rock him.
(c) Nurse him.
(d) Sing to him.

5. Why does Mary not want to leave Agnes alone at the end of her pregnancy in Chapter 16?
(a) She is worried Agnes will go to the forest to give birth.
(b) She had a premonition Agnes died giving birth.
(c) She does not think Agnes capable of caring for herself let alone her daughter.
(d) Agnes is so large she feels she needs help with everything.

6. 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 breathes his strength and health into her.
(c) He holds her and cries.
(d) He prays.

7. What animal catches the cabin boy’s attention after he leaves the ship in Chapter 11?
(a) A cat.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A dog.

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

9. Who does Agnes’s husband say has enjoyed his newest play when he writes them in Part II?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The King.
(d) The princess.

10. What does Agnes make Mary promise her when Agnes thinks she is going to die after giving birth to twins?
(a) Make sure Joan does not raise her children.
(b) Make her son move back to Henley Street.
(c) Give the children to Bartholomew.
(d) Send her children to London.

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

12. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Judith.
(b) Edmond.
(c) Hamnet’s father.
(d) Susanna.

13. What expensive item does Agnes’s husband give to her on his visit in Part II?
(a) A ring.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A bracelet.

14. Why does Agnes’s husband say he will not be able to come home until after winter?
(a) He hates leaving in the cold.
(b) He has been sick.
(c) He has too much work.
(d) The roads are too bad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?

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

3. What happens to Hamnet at the very end of Chapter 17?

4. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?

5. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?

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