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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. Why does Beetle become fearful of the miller's wife in Chapter 4?
(a) The miller's wife begins shouting and throwing things.
(b) The miller's wife becomes very drunk.
(c) The miller's wife laughs loudly at everyone who comes near.
(d) The miller's wife cries whenever her husband enters the room.

2. Why doesn't Jane notice the shift in Chapter 8?
(a) She is too focused on teaching Alyce about midwifery.
(b) She is too busy with her own life.
(c) She is in denial.
(d) She is too tired and sleeps most the time.

3. Whom is Alyce visiting when she discovers a boy sleeping in some hay?
(a) Lady Agnes.
(b) Joan.
(c) The baker.
(d) Tansy.

4. What does Alyce do to help Will in Chapter 6?
(a) She hangs down from the tree branch and lifts him up.
(b) She swims into the water and pulls him out.
(c) She shifts a tree limb so he can grab onto it.
(d) She throws a log into the water for him to lean on.

5. Why does Beetle call the miller's wife a cow?
(a) The miller's wife was mean to the cat.
(b) Beetle admires the miller's wife and calls her a cow as a compliment.
(c) The miller's wife stole her eggs.
(d) It is what she has heard Jane do in such circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beetle have to deliver to the manor dairy?

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

3. Where does Alyce send the boy when she sees Jane returning in Chapter 10?

4. What does Alyce tell Purr about at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What does Beetle take to the cat at the end of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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