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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Miller's Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the protagonist sure of about her family?
(a) Her family deserted her.
(b) She never had a family.
(c) She has a brother somewhere.
(d) She must have had a mother.

2. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?
(a) Grubby Girl.
(b) Stinky Face.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Dung Beetle.

3. Where does the protagonist burrow to keep warm in Chapter 1?
(a) A dung heap.
(b) In a deserted shed.
(c) A hay stack.
(d) In a pile of leaves.

4. The village boys stick the cat in a sack with ______________.
(a) An eel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A puppy.

5. How does Beetle surprise herself in Chapter 3?
(a) By realizing that she one days wants a child of her own.
(b) By becoming emotional during a birth.
(c) By knowing what supplies are needed for the birth.
(d) By talking back to the midwife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist ask the woman for in Chapter 1?

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

3. What is the only name that the protagonist is known by when the novel begins?

4. Why does Beetle curse the cat in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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