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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. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the tutor first kiss in Chapter 2?
(a) The forest.
(b) The apple store.
(c) The cookhouse.
(d) Her chamber.

2. What animals were Hamnet and his sister playing with when she first complained of a headache?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Birds.

3. Where does Agnes go after dropping honey and herbs off at home without realizing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?
(a) Back to Hewlands.
(b) The market.
(c) The guildhall.
(d) The cookhouse.

4. When Hamnet returns home in Chapter 3 he is sure his mother will be there and will have given Judith what?
(a) Medicine from the physician.
(b) A bath.
(c) Her healing hugs.
(d) One of her magic tinctures.

5. What does Joan tell Agnes when Agnes tells her she wants to marry the Latin tutor?
(a) That she will not allow it.
(b) That she can do what she wants.
(c) That Bartholomew will not let her.
(d) That she will be banished from Hewlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Agnes’s wedding dress?

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

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

4. Whose initial calmness in regards to Agnes’s pregnancy surprised the tutor in Chapter 4?

5. What about Agnes’s pregnancy excites the tutor most?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Hamnet looking for at the start of the novel and why?

3. How does Joan discover one of the girls of the house must be pregnant in Chapter 4?

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

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

6. How do Agnes and Mary work together in Chapter 7 when they discover Judith is sick?

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

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

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

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

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