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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Agnes’s husband broker a deal for a new home for Agnes and her children?
(a) Edmond.
(b) John.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) Gilbert.

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

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

4. What objects of Hamnet’s is Agnes sitting with when her daughters get her to gather rosehips?
(a) His letters.
(b) His coin collection.
(c) His pebble collection.
(d) His clothing.

5. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?
(a) Susanna is in poor health.
(b) Judith is in poor health.
(c) They cannot afford a home for them all.
(d) Agnes comes to like Henley Street.

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

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

8. What is the name of the market Agnes stops at in the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Richard.
(b) Henley.
(c) Rother.
(d) Stratford.

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

10. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?
(a) Venice.
(b) London.
(c) Murano.
(d) Ragusa.

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

12. What insect comes between Agnes’s brother and husband allowing her husband to free himself from Bartholomew’s grasp in Chapter 10?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) A flea.
(c) A bee.
(d) A butterfly.

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

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

15. After the animal climbs on the boy, what does his owner try to demand from the cabin boy?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothing.
(c) To take the animal.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes suspect her husband has been doing in London when he first visits after Hamnet’s funeral?

2. With whom does Agnes speak briefly at the market in Chapter 10?

3. What does Hamnet decide he is going to trick death into doing in Chapter 13?

4. What animal catches the cabin boy’s attention after he leaves the ship in Chapter 11?

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

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