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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 sure Joan does not raise her children.
(c) Send her children to London.
(d) Make her son move back to Henley Street.

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

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

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

13. Why does Mary not want to leave Agnes alone at the end of her pregnancy in Chapter 16?
(a) Agnes is so large she feels she needs help with everything.
(b) She had a premonition Agnes died giving birth.
(c) She does not think Agnes capable of caring for herself let alone her daughter.
(d) She is worried Agnes will go to the forest to give birth.

14. Chapter 11 describes the events that needed to take place in order for the pestilence to reach where in 1596?
(a) Oxford, England.
(b) Warwickshire, England.
(c) London, England.
(d) The Hewlands.

15. Why does Agnes’s husband worry about leaving London even after the roads are clear?
(a) He has a fear of traveling.
(b) He worries he cannot afford it.
(c) He does not wish to acknowledge Hamnet has died.
(d) He worries he will lose his place as a playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hamnet do when he pulls the covers over his and his sister’s head in Chapter 13?

2. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?

3. What is Mary certain of at the start of Chapter 13 based on her own life experience?

4. What is the first moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?

5. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?

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