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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the protagonist live her life in Chapter 1?
(a) By taking what she can and working where she can.
(b) By learning as much as she can.
(c) By sleeping a lot.
(d) By moving from place to place and meeting lots of friends.

2. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Grubby Girl.
(c) Stinky Face.
(d) Dung Beetle.

3. What does Alyce tell Purr about at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The changing weather.
(b) The birth she helped Will with.
(c) Her past.
(d) Her friendship with Jane.

4. What does the merchant tell Beetle when he gives her the comb for free?
(a) To use it on her curls, and she will have a lover before nightfall.
(b) The comb will break if she tries to use it in her hair.
(c) She should use it to attract Will.
(d) She is obviously not the type of girl to use a comb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the villagers comment on Alyce's insanity in Chapter 6?

2. Why is the title of Chapter 8 "The Twins"?

3. How does Beetle feel about owning the comb?

4. What does Alyce do when the village boys call her Beetle in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Beetle take the cat after saving it in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the village boys chase Alyce in Chapter 6?

2. What does Beetle do when Jane is delivering babies?

3. What happens one day while Alyce is telling Purr about the delivery of the twin calves?

4. What is there a strange abundance of in Chapter 4?

5. What is discovered in the village one morning in Chapter 7?

6. In Chapter 7, what do the 'Devil's footprints' lead the villagers to on Old North Road?

7. What does Beetle find the village boys doing when she goes to feed the cat in Chapter 2?

8. Why is Alyce made to deliver messages and run errands after dark? Why doesn't this bother her?

9. What does Beetle say to the injured cat when she takes it from the sack in Chapter 2?

10. What do the villagers comment on when they pass Alyce and the cat in Chapter 6?

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