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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the women do to the bedding after Hamnet died?
(a) Folded it and boxed it up.
(b) Left it where is was.
(c) Gave it to a neighbor.
(d) Burnt it.

4. 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) Leave them alone.
(c) Pack them into crates.
(d) Feed them to the rats.

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

6. Where does Agnes’s husband begin working after he stops selling gloves in London?
(a) A glassmaker’s shop.
(b) Playhouses.
(c) A tavern.
(d) An inn.

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

8. What is the first moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?
(a) When her husband comes home.
(b) When she is first alone with his body.
(c) When Mary comes to help her.
(d) When Judith asks if he will ever come back.

9. What does Agnes notice about Hamnet when she wakes in Chapter 17?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He has left.
(c) He has been up all night stoking the fire.
(d) He is ill.

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

11. Why does Judith think her father does not come to visit after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Because she looks so much like Hamnet.
(b) Because he has another family in London.
(c) Because he is working so much to not think of his dead son.
(d) Because he does not want to see his room.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What does Judith tell Agnes when she finds her making Hamnet's shroud in Part II?
(a) That his death was her fault.
(b) That she hates her father for not being there.
(c) That she refuses to live without him.
(d) That it is Agnes’s fault for not being home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?

2. What insect comes between Agnes’s brother and husband allowing her husband to free himself from Bartholomew’s grasp in Chapter 10?

3. What is the name of the market Agnes stops at in the start of Chapter 10?

4. Where does Agnes go to birth her child in Chapter 10?

5. Who is sent to Hewlands to look for Agnes in Chapter 10 while she is in labor?

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