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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Edward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will observe about Alyce in Chapter 6?
(a) She is brave.
(b) She is stubborn.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is strange.

2. What is Alyce afraid Jane is telling Reese when she sees them talking to each other?
(a) How stupid Alyce is.
(b) Tips and hints of midwifery.
(c) Not to socialize with Alyce.
(d) All about Alyce's past as a dung beetle.

3. What does Alyce threaten the boys with in Chapter 9?
(a) A flask of cordial.
(b) Her fist.
(c) An old rubber boot she found on the side of the road.
(d) A rotting log.

4. What does Alyce do for the first time when Edwards tells her he wants to stay at the manor?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She dances.
(d) She cries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do that makes Alyce feel shy in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Beetle grow suspicious of Jane's actions in Chapter 4?

3. Who is Kate?

4. What month is it in Chapter 11?

5. In what manner does the midwife deal with the expectant mothers?

(see the answer key)

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