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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. Which of the glover’s children seemed to endure the brunt of his rages?
(a) His eldest daughter.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His youngest son.
(d) His eldest son.

2. Who comes to the apartment on Henley Street to inspect it before Agnes is able to move in?
(a) John.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) Joan.

3. What kind of soap does Mary find Agnes and Eliza washing Edmond with in Chapter 8?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Rosehips.
(c) Chamomile.
(d) Rosemary.

4. How does Eliza’s brother describe Agnes to her?
(a) Gentle, caring, and unique.
(b) Funny and Silly.
(c) Evil and manipulative.
(d) Well-read and highly educated.

5. Why did John see Agnes’s pregnancy was a good thing for him?
(a) Because his son would finally move.
(b) Because he wanted someone to take over his glove business.
(c) Because of her dowry.
(d) Because he was going to be a grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose money does John, a once prosperous man, rely on in Chapter 1?

2. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?

3. Who does Agnes find looking pale at the bottom of the stairs at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Who is the first to come home in Chapter 3 after Hamnet, not knowing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

5. What was the name of Eliza and her brother’s older sibling who died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hamnet’s encounter with his drunk grandfather in Chapter 1 when he is searching for help with his sister.

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

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

4. How does the Latin tutor feel about tutoring after meeting Agnes, and how does he begin to behave at home?

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

6. What does Susanna feel about her mother, according to the description in Chapter 3?

7. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she finds he and Agnes walking hand-in-hand?

8. How does the Latin tutor’s father treat his children, in particular his oldest son?

9. What does the physician’s wife ask Hamnet when he goes to her house searching for her husband, and how does she react?

10. Who is Ned?

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