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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Inn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Thomas At-the-Bridge called upon in Chapter 7?
(a) To oversee a trial.
(b) To investigate a case of missing produce.
(c) To have a look at the strange tracks found in the village.
(d) To fix the village bridge.

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

3. What do the boys think Alyce is threatening them with in Chapter 9?
(a) Rat's blood and wiper's flesh.
(b) A large and spiky metal ring on her finger.
(c) A smelly steel boot.
(d) Maggots and slugs.

4. What does Alyce find when she returns to the boy after getting him some bread?
(a) The village boys are teasing him.
(b) The boy is sick.
(c) The boy has run away.
(d) The boy has found a home.

5. Who asks for Alyce in Chapter 11?
(a) Matthew Blunt.
(b) Michael Blend.
(c) Marcus Brent.
(d) Martin Blouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane tell Alyce about Joan's child?

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

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

4. What is the midwife's name?

5. Why does the midwife sometimes refuse to help an expectant mother?

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