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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Judith doing when she sees her father walking down Henley Street in Part II?
(a) Playing with kitten.
(b) Washing clothes.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Playing with Edmond’s dog.

2. 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) A stranger.
(c) Heminge.
(d) An actor.

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

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

5. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?
(a) Make the shroud.
(b) Write to her husband.
(c) Clean his body.
(d) Pick flowers.

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

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

8. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?
(a) Oxford.
(b) London.
(c) Hewlands.
(d) The guildhall.

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

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

11. 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 too much work.
(c) He has been sick.
(d) The roads are too bad.

12. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?
(a) A glass bowl.
(b) A wooden box.
(c) A silk pouch.
(d) A leather pouch.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person who is certain where Agnes has gone to give birth in chapter 10?

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

3. Why does Agnes go outside in the middle of the night in Part II?

4. What does the animal the cabin boy encountered leave on his body before his owner jerks him away?

5. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?

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