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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jane send Alyce to the cottage during Joan's labor?
(a) To wait for the doctor.
(b) For more supplies.
(c) So Alyce can not see what Jane is doing.
(d) To get some sleep.

2. Whom does Alyce tell the boy to use as a reference in Chapter 10?
(a) Alyce.
(b) The baker.
(c) Jane.
(d) Will.

3. What does the cook comment about Edward and Alyce?
(a) They look enough alike to be twins.
(b) They are not meant to be friends.
(c) They are destined for greatness.
(d) They are worthless.

4. Why does Alyce take the back roads to the manor?
(a) To save time.
(b) The views are much more pleasant.
(c) To avoid an accident on the main road.
(d) So that she isn't seen.

5. Who is with Alyce at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Will.
(b) The cat.
(c) Jane.
(d) Edward.

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

7. What does Alyce think about often while working at her new job in Chapter 12?
(a) Jane and midwifery.
(b) Where she might have come from.
(c) The village and Edward.
(d) The village boys.

8. What does Alyce do for the first time when Edwards tells her he wants to stay at the manor?
(a) She dances.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs.

9. What does Reese think is the true miracle of the day in Chapter 16?
(a) The warm autumn night.
(b) The healthy baby.
(c) Alyce laughing.
(d) Alyce standing up for herself.

10. What does Alyce dream about at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) The birth.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Jane dying.
(d) Heaven.

11. What is Alyce collecting at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Firewood.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Apples.
(d) Berries.

12. What is delivered to the inn in Chapter 13?
(a) Wine.
(b) Milk.
(c) Meat.
(d) Firewood.

13. What does Alyce believe of the boy's new plan in Chapter 10?
(a) It will allow them to be friends.
(b) It will ensure that he is fed and housed everyday.
(c) It will teach him how to behave in public.
(d) It will be easier than sleeping with the cows in the village.

14. What month is it in Chapter 11?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) October.

15. Why does the boy choose the name Edward?
(a) It is the King's name.
(b) It is his father's name.
(c) It is the cow's name.
(d) It is a village boy's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes and goes in Chapter 12?

2. What does Alyce tell the boys that the thing she is threatening them with will do?

3. What does Joan name her child?

4. Whom does the boy decide to name himself after when he discovers that 'Alyce' is a girl's name?

5. What does Alyce learn about Jane at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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