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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jane tell Alyce about Joan's child?
(a) It will die.
(b) It baby was stillborn.
(c) Joan does not want the baby.
(d) It is a girl.

4. Why does Alyce hide under the staircase in Chapter 16?
(a) She is afraid of the wealthy man.
(b) She thinks there will be an earthquake.
(c) She is afraid to get involved with the childbirth.
(d) She does not want to help the rich folk.

5. What or who awakens Alyce in Chapter 12?
(a) Edward.
(b) A rooster.
(c) Jane.
(d) The rain.

6. What does the wealthy man declare Alyce to be in Chapter 16?
(a) A saint.
(b) A thief.
(c) A liar.
(d) A sinner.

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

8. What comes and goes in Chapter 12?
(a) The summer.
(b) The Christmas season.
(c) The harvest season.
(d) The Easter season.

9. What does Alyce learn about Jane at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) That Jane is skilled at what she does.
(b) That Jane is carrying around a dark secret.
(c) That Jane is scared of spiders.
(d) That Jane learned midwifery from her mother.

10. Why does Alyce send for Jane during the labor in Chapter 11?
(a) The woman in labor asks for Jane.
(b) Alyce is injured and cannot help the woman in labor.
(c) Alyce is unable to assist the woman giving birth.
(d) Alyce needs some medicine that she does not have with her.

11. Whom does the boy decide to name himself after when he discovers that 'Alyce' is a girl's name?
(a) The King.
(b) A cow.
(c) His father.
(d) One of the village boys.

12. What does Alyce find Edward doing in the hen house in Chapter 15?
(a) Playing knights with the chickens.
(b) Crying.
(c) Petting and talking to a hen.
(d) Eating an egg.

13. Where does Alyce go after the labor in Chapter 11?
(a) Back to Jane's home.
(b) To the manor.
(c) To an abandoned log cabin in the woods.
(d) She leaves the village.

14. How does Alyce react when she sees Jane arrive at the inn?
(a) She is overjoyed.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is concerned.

15. How is John Dark described?
(a) As being short and stout.
(b) As being kind and jolly.
(c) As being rude and rather eccentric.
(d) As being almost blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alyce help the men do at the manor in Chapter 15?

2. Why is Jane angry with Alyce in Chapter 13?

3. What month is it in Chapter 11?

4. What is Will's surname?

5. What does Alyce worry about in Chapter 13?

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