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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alyce notice the village boys doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Teasing the cat.
(b) Running from an old lady.
(c) Standing over a dead deer.
(d) Playing a game.

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

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

4. What is Will's surname?
(a) Russet.
(b) Barry.
(c) Grey.
(d) Taylor.

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

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

7. What does the wealthy husband think his wife is suffering from at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Indigestion.
(b) An ulcer.
(c) A ruptured disc.
(d) A stomach worm.

8. Why has Edward been helping in the kitchen at the manor?
(a) There is a shortage of staff in the kitchen.
(b) The weather has been very rough outside as of late.
(c) He has a talent for creating new dishes.
(d) He is too small to work in the fields.

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

10. How far is Alyce from the village in Chapter 12?
(a) A few minutes by walking.
(b) About an hour.
(c) Five hours by walking.
(d) A day by carriage.

11. Who is sent to the village for the midwife in chapter 16?
(a) The wealthy man's driver.
(b) Jennet.
(c) John Dark.
(d) The wealthy man's attendant.

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

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

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

15. Whom is Alyce visiting when she discovers a boy sleeping in some hay?
(a) Lady Agnes.
(b) Joan.
(c) Tansy.
(d) The baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alyce send the boy when she sees Jane returning in Chapter 10?

2. How does Alyce react when she sees Jane arrive at the inn?

3. How is the cook at the manor described?

4. How does Alyce earn the young boy's devotion?

5. How does Alyce feel about seeing Will in Chapter 13?

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