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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alyce find when she returns to the boy after getting him some bread?
(a) The boy has found a home.
(b) The boy is sick.
(c) The boy has run away.
(d) The village boys are teasing him.

2. Where do the boys in the village toss the sack in Chapter 2?
(a) In a tree.
(b) Over a small cliff.
(c) Down a hill.
(d) Into the stream.

3. Why does Alyce give Jane all of the payments she receives?
(a) Alyce is terrified of Jane.
(b) Alyce does not have anything to spend the payments on.
(c) Alyce does not trust herself with money as she loves to shop.
(d) Alyce believes that she would not have earned them without having learned at Jane's side.

4. What shift takes place that Jane does not notice?
(a) The villagers begin to distrust Jane.
(b) The villagers begin to ask Alyce questions instead of Jane.
(c) Jane becomes increasingly tired, and this begins to affect her duties.
(d) The season changes from spring to summer.

5. What do Will's friends do when he falls in the water in Chapter 6?
(a) They laugh and point.
(b) They panic and leave.
(c) They run to get an adult.
(d) They help him out of the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the boy choose the name Edward?

2. In her dream in Chapter 6, who calls Alyce by her name?

3. Who is Tansy?

4. What is Beetle sure of when she returns to the cottage in Chapter 4?

5. How does she tell the cat her story at the end of Chapter 8?

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