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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beetle see the cat doing when she sees it alive and well again for the first time after saving it?
(a) Basking in the sunlight.
(b) Grooming itself while sitting on the fence.
(c) Chasing a grasshopper.
(d) Eating a small fish.

3. Why does Beetle curse the cat in Chapter 2?
(a) The cat scratched her hand.
(b) Beetle is in a bad mood and takes it out on the cat.
(c) She has never heard any kind words before, so she doesn't know any.
(d) The cat growled and hissed at Beetle.

4. What season is it in Chapter 4?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

5. Why does the midwife sometimes refuse to help an expectant mother?
(a) If she will not be paid for her services.
(b) If the mother has hurt or betrayed her in the past.
(c) If the mother is carrying a child out of wedlock.
(d) If she is too tired.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is said about the midwife's hands?

3. Why does Beetle call the miller's wife a cow?

4. What does Beetle conclude about her appearance in Chapter 5?

5. What does the woman call the protagonist by the end of Chapter 1?

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