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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Agnes’s mother doing when she died?

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

3. Why does the doctor refuse to come in the house when Judith is sick in Chapter 9?

4. Where does Agnes feel she falls in the hierarchy of her husband’s family when they first move in?

5. Who agrees to marry Agnes and the tutor in their small wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the priest place a linen over Agnes and her husband at the wedding?

3. How does the Latin tutor’s father treat his children, in particular his oldest son?

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

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

6. What does Eliza offer to do for Agnes’s wedding and how does Agnes respond?

7. What does Agnes do to people’s hands, and what does she think she can learn by doing this?

8. Who is Ned?

9. What does Susanna feel about her mother, according to the description in Chapter 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of rowan berries in Hamnet. Use examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing some of the imagery used in Hamnet. Try to find examples that involve each of the five senses. How does the author’s use of imagery impact the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

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