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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. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?
(a) Susanna is in poor health.
(b) They cannot afford a home for them all.
(c) Agnes comes to like Henley Street.
(d) Judith is in poor health.

2. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Judith.
(c) Hamnet’s father.
(d) Edmond.

3. Who carries Hamnet’s body to the burial site?
(a) Bartholomew and Edmond.
(b) Hamnet’s father and Bartholomew.
(c) Hamnet’s father and uncle Edmond.
(d) Hamnet’s father and grandfather.

4. Who does Eliza write to to tell about Judith’s declining health?
(a) Joan.
(b) Her father.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) Her brother.

5. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?
(a) They are stuck together.
(b) They have to be amputated.
(c) They turn black.
(d) They cannot move.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?

2. What do the ship men do with the cats after they die on the cabin boy’s ship in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Agnes’s husband begin working after he stops selling gloves in London?

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

5. Why does Judith think her father does not come to visit after Hamnet’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?

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

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

4. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?

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

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

7. How do Hamnet and Judith change places in Chapter 17, and what happens to Hamnet at the end?

8. What does Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?

9. What signifies to Agnes that she is pregnant again in Chapter 12, and what meaning does this have?

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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