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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 does the animal the cabin boy encountered leave on his body before his owner jerks him away?
2. What does Hamnet do when he pulls the covers over his and his sister’s head in Chapter 13?
3. What does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?
4. The first event described in Chapter 11 that leads to Judith getting pestilence involves what artisan?
5. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Judith end up encountering the boxes with the flea-ridden rags?
2. What does Agnes make Mary promise when she feels she is going to die after delivering her twins?
3. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?
4. What does Hamnet think he can do in regards to letting Judith live, and how does he attempt to do this?
5. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?
6. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?
7. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?
8. What moment sets Agnes in tears while she is sewing her son’s burial shroud?
9. How does Bartholomew know where his sister has gone when her husband and family cannot find her in Chapter 10?
10. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing your emotional reaction to the scene when Agnes prepares her son’s body for burial. What mood was the author striving for in this scene and was she successful?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Hamnet. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the novel to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting the families of Agnes and her husband. How do these differences play out in the storyline?
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