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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Will first call Alyce after she saves him?
(a) Brat.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Dung Beetle.
(d) Bug.

2. What does Beetle tell the cat about at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Her favorite things.
(b) The other animals she has met along the way.
(c) The seasons.
(d) Her life as she knows it.

3. Where do the tracks lead the second time in Chapter 7?
(a) To the smith's barn.
(b) To the bricklayer's studio.
(c) To the baker's shop.
(d) To the butcher's shop.

4. Who is Kate?
(a) The bricklayer's daughter.
(b) The miller's daughter.
(c) The baker's daughter.
(d) The weaver's daughter.

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.

6. Why does Will ask Alyce for help in Chapter 8?
(a) His cow is about to give birth.
(b) His leg is injured.
(c) A door is jammed.
(d) His boat has sprung a leak.

7. What does the woman call the protagonist by the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Pipsqueak.
(b) Amy.
(c) Beetle.
(d) Girly.

8. Who is married with thirteen children in Chapter 4?
(a) The mason.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The baker.
(d) The butcher.

9. How would one describe the midwife?
(a) Shy.
(b) Mean and violent.
(c) Stern.
(d) Friendly.

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

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

12. What does Beetle realize about giving birth?
(a) It is the grossest thing she has ever witnessed.
(b) It looks easier than it probably is.
(c) It is as much hard work, or more, than brewing teas or potions.
(d) It is not as painful as loneliness.

13. What name does Beetle decide to give herself in Chapter 5?
(a) Alyssa.
(b) Alyce.
(c) Amy.
(d) Allison.

14. What is Beetle sure of when she returns to the cottage in Chapter 4?
(a) She will be punished.
(b) Jane has a surprise for her.
(c) A storm is moving in.
(d) Someone has been in trhe cottage while she was away.

15. In what does Beetle see her reflection in Chapter 5?
(a) A well.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A horse's trough.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alyce give Jane all of the payments she receives?

2. Who stops the boys in the village from taunting the protagonist in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the road where the tracks are supposed to have been seen in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Alyce decide that the cat should have a name in Chapter 6?

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

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