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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?
(a) A door laid across two barrels.
(b) The couch.
(c) The table.
(d) A pallet on the floor.

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

5. 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.

6. What does Agnes’s husband confess to her at the start of Chapter 12 after she says he looks ill?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He has a drinking problem.
(c) He has insomnia.
(d) He is having an affair.

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

8. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?
(a) She is breathing.
(b) Her hand is warm.
(c) She moves slightly.
(d) She feels her heart beat.

9. 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) Agnes comes to like Henley Street.
(c) Judith is in poor health.
(d) They cannot afford a home for them all.

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

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

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

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

14. 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 butterfly.
(c) A mosquito.
(d) A flea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hamnet see in his dream when he is ill in Chapter 17?

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

4. Who carries Hamnet’s body to the burial site?

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

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