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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. Who lives in the apartment with Hamnet?
(a) His mother and sisters.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandparents.

2. What did the Latin tutor begin to do on the days he did not have to tutor?
(a) Lie in bed.
(b) Go to the tavern.
(c) Work the farm at Hewlands.
(d) Help his father in the workshop.

3. What does Agnes’s mother call her garden?
(a) The healer’s haven.
(b) The heavenly sanctuary.
(c) The fairy garden.
(d) The witch’s garden.

4. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she sees him holding hands with Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) That he was a drunk.
(b) That he is never seen at church.
(c) That he is a scoundrel.
(d) That he owed everyone in town.

5. Where is Hamnet's mother when he is searching for help with Judith?
(a) The marketplace.
(b) The garden.
(c) The forest.
(d) Hewlands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described as being in a joyful mood on the day of the wedding?

3. What did Eliza and her brother find in the attic which upset their father?

4. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the Latin tutor make love for the first time in Chapter 4?

5. Which young character is sick at the start of Hamnet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Agnes predict when she was eight, as described in Chapter 2?

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

4. Who is Ned?

5. What is the Latin Tutor doing at Hewlands in Chapter 2 and why?

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

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

8. Who is the first person with whom the Latin tutor discusses his relationship with Agnes?

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

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

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