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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. What happens at her wedding after Agnes silently asks her mother to show her presence?
(a) Rowan berries fall from the tree.
(b) A clap of thunder is heard.
(c) Snow begins to fall.
(d) A bird lands on her shoulder.

2. When does the father tell them he will come home from London?
(a) Christmas.
(b) On Hamnet and Judith’s next birthday.
(c) When he gets fired.
(d) If the plague reaches London.

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. What was the name of Eliza and her brother’s older sibling who died?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anne.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Judith.

5. How many years before Judith’s illness does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lives in the apartment with Hamnet?

3. Which character is the only one who seems to know where Hamnet has been when he is daydreaming?

4. What does Bartholomew whisper to the bridegroom at his sister’s wedding?

5. What symptoms does Hamnet feel at that start of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do people describe Agnes, the eldest daughter at Hewlands?

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

10. How does Joan react to Agnes’s pregnancy in Chapter 4, and how does Bartholomew respond?

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