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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Agnes try to do in Hamnet’s room at night in Part II but is unsuccessful?
(a) Put away his pallet.
(b) Summon his spirit.
(c) Burn his bedding.
(d) Pack his things.

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

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

5. What is the first animal to die on the cabin boy’s ship?
(a) A rat.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

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

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

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

9. What happens when the glass maker returns to Murano after the cabin boy helped him with his boxes?
(a) Work is so backed up he cannot rest.
(b) So many coworkers fall ill they have to stop production.
(c) He gets married.
(d) He dies.

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

11. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he is going to by land to bring in “good rent” at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Kent.
(b) London.
(c) Stratford.
(d) Venice.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agnes’s husband say he will not be able to come home until after winter?

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

3. Why does Agnes’s husband worry about leaving London even after the roads are clear?

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

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

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