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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary tell Agnes she is upset at Hamnet and Judith when Agnes asks where they are?
(a) They played with cats all day.
(b) They made a mess of the kitchen.
(c) They did not chop the kindling.
(d) They are not helping with dinner.

2. What symptoms does Hamnet feel at that start of Chapter 5?
(a) A stomach ache and cold sweats.
(b) Vomiting and diarrhea.
(c) A fever and buboes.
(d) A swollen tongue and trouble swallowing.

3. What character is staring out the window of Hewlands at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Joan.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) The Latin Tutor.

4. Why was a deal made for the glover’s son to go to Hewlands twice a week?
(a) To earn his own money.
(b) To entice the eldest daughter to marry him.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To teach him responsibility.

5. How did Mary react when her son told her that he was the father of Agnes’s baby?
(a) She stormed out of the parlor.
(b) She beat him with her fists.
(c) She hugged Agnes.
(d) She got on her knees and prayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hamnet’s father work and write about in his letters from London in Chapter 3?

2. What part of the tutor’s body does Agnes press when they first meet?

3. Which of the glover’s children seemed to endure the brunt of his rages?

4. Where is Hamnet's mother when he is searching for help with Judith?

5. Where was John heading when Hamnet passed him on the way to the physician’s house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Agnes doing at Hewlands while Hamnet searches for help for his sister?

2. What sign of Agnes’s mother appears to her at the wedding?

3. Where does Agnes sleep until the wedding?

4. What is the story people tell of Agnes’s mother as described in Chapter 2?

5. In what ways does Agnes feel her family is different from her husband's after they move in together?

6. Why does the Latin tutor’s father receive the news of Agnes’s pregnancy much calmer than his mother?

7. In what way has Hamnet’s grandfather become “disgraced” (22)?

8. How does Agnes feel her husband behaves when around his family?

9. Who catches the tutor’s eye while he peers outside the window of Hewlands, and how does he feel about her?

10. What are Judith’s symptoms in Chapter 1 and when did they begin?

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