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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries Agnes away after she has given birth to Susanna?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Thomas.
(c) John.
(d) Her husband.

2. What does Hamnet see in his dream when he is ill in Chapter 17?
(a) A rowan tree.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Snow.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

6. What do the coworker of the artisan use to cushion the glass beads before shipping them off?
(a) Sand.
(b) Wood shavings.
(c) Sheets.
(d) Rags.

7. What does the animal the cabin boy encountered leave on his body before his owner jerks him away?
(a) Feces.
(b) Bite marks.
(c) Urine.
(d) Three fleas.

8. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?
(a) Forest.
(b) Rowan.
(c) Kestrel.
(d) Susanna.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) John.
(c) Mary.
(d) Joan.

15. 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) Stratford.
(c) London.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he wants to buy a house for the family?

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

4. Why is the cabin boy ordered to leave the ship in Chapter 11?

5. What does Agnes’s husband confess to her at the start of Chapter 12 after she says he looks ill?

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