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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dench fired?
(a) For letting Julia ride the horse.
(b) For being drunk on the job.
(c) For stealing linens from the Acre.
(d) For breaking Celia's glass vase.

2. How does Grandmamma Havering expect a wife to act to her husband?
(a) She should live in fear of her huband's wrath.
(b) She should demand to be treated as an equal.
(c) She should bow to her husband's requests.
(d) She should treat her husband like a pig.

3. In which country are there rebellions leading to beheadings, as mentioned in the novel?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.

4. What is the first thing that Julia notices about the village children when she sees them for the first time?
(a) That they have finer clothes than she does.
(b) That they all seem to be overweight.
(c) That they are malnourished.
(d) That they are playing an exciting game.

5. Why does Uncle John think that it is necessary to change the way that the employees are paid?
(a) To ensure that all the workers come into the fields on time.
(b) To ensure that all the workers care about what is happening on the estate.
(c) To ensure that the workers stay loyal to the Wideacre estate.
(d) To ensure that the workers stop stealing from the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century was Julia born?

2. When Julia overhears Uncle John speaking to the woman from town, how many babies does the woman say that she has buried?

3. What happens when Richard demands that Ralph be fired?

4. What does Uncle John give to Julia for her birthday on the day that he returns from the mines?

5. What is Ralph Megson famous for doing in the village?

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