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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 does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?
(a) A door laid across two barrels.
(b) The table.
(c) The couch.
(d) A pallet on the floor.

2. What does Agnes try to do in Hamnet’s room at night in Part II but is unsuccessful?
(a) Summon his spirit.
(b) Put away his pallet.
(c) Burn his bedding.
(d) Pack his things.

3. Who is the first person seeking a cure that Agnes agrees to see after Hamnet’s death?
(a) The midwife.
(b) The baker’s wife.
(c) The priest.
(d) The old woman from the dairy.

4. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Him moving to London.
(b) His wife’s strange behavior.
(c) His lack of work.
(d) Him having more children.

5. The first event described in Chapter 11 that leads to Judith getting pestilence involves what artisan?
(a) A glove maker.
(b) A glassmaker.
(c) A dressmaker.
(d) A candle maker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?

2. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?

3. What objects of Hamnet’s is Agnes sitting with when her daughters get her to gather rosehips?

4. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?

5. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?

2. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?

3. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

4. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?

5. What moment sets Agnes in tears while she is sewing her son’s burial shroud?

6. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

7. Why is it not possible for Agnes and her family to move to London after the twins were born?

8. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?

9. What is Mary arguing with her son about at the start of Chapter 14, which the nearly two-year-old Susanna watches?

10. How does Bartholomew know where his sister has gone when her husband and family cannot find her in Chapter 10?

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