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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Twins.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children has the midwife had?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

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

4. According to the protagonist, why do villagers often drive her away?
(a) She smells as bad as the pigs.
(b) She scares them with her spells and magic.
(c) She has overstayed her welcome.
(d) She is always caught for stealing food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Jane notice the shift in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Will ask Alyce for help in Chapter 8?

3. What is different about Beetle's visit to the fair in Chapter 5?

4. Why doesn't Beetle mind it when Jane calls her names in Chapter 4?

5. What washes up on shore at the end of Chapter 7?

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