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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. What does Beetle conclude about her appearance in Chapter 5?
(a) She looks older than she really is.
(b) She looks very dirty and ugly.
(c) Her hair is a mess of curls.
(d) She is very pretty.

2. Where does Beetle often sit while a birth is taking place?
(a) In a cupboard.
(b) In the outhouse.
(c) Outside.
(d) Under a table.

3. What does Beetle see the cat doing when she sees it alive and well again for the first time after saving it?
(a) Grooming itself while sitting on the fence.
(b) Basking in the sunlight.
(c) Eating a small fish.
(d) Chasing a grasshopper.

4. What does Beetle place near the cat before leaving in Chapter 2?
(a) A fish.
(b) Some cheese.
(c) Some milk.
(d) A blanket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Alyce learn about sin from in Chapter 7?

2. Who owns the cow that gives birth in Chapter 7?

3. What does Beetle watch the cat do?

4. In what does Beetle see her reflection in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beetle enjoy watching in Chapter 2?

2. Why doesn't Brat dream while she sleeps?

3. What do the villagers dislike about Jane?

4. What accident does Jane have in Chapter 5? What does she make Beetle do as a result?

5. How has Jane earned her position as midwife to the village?

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

7. What does Alyce offer the cat in Chapter 6?

8. What does Beetle call Jane and why?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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