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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. Why does Alyce give Jane all of the payments she receives?
(a) Alyce believes that she would not have earned them without having learned at Jane's side.
(b) Alyce does not trust herself with money as she loves to shop.
(c) Alyce does not have anything to spend the payments on.
(d) Alyce is terrified of Jane.

2. What washes up on shore at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Two blocks of carved wood.
(b) A dead fish.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) A woman's ring.

3. What name does Beetle decide to give herself in Chapter 5?
(a) Amy.
(b) Allison.
(c) Alyce.
(d) Alyssa.

4. Where does Beetle take the cat after saving it in Chapter 2?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To the side of the river to clean.
(c) To the dung heap.
(d) To an abandoned shed.

5. Who is made to stand in the rain with a millstone around his neck in Chapter 7?
(a) The mason.
(b) The priest.
(c) The baker.
(d) The miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will teach Alyce to do in Chapter 8?

2. The village boys stick the cat in a sack with ______________.

3. What does the woman tell the protagonist about beggars in Chapter 1?

4. What is there an abundance of in Chapter 4?

5. Why does the midwife sometimes refuse to help an expectant mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. After helping Will deliver the calves, what changes for Alyce in Chapter 8?

2. What does Will tell Alyce after she rescues him from the river?

3. Who does a man mistake Beetle for at the fair? What amazes Beetle about this?

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

5. After the miller's baby is born, how does the midwife treat Beetle? Why doesn't Beetle mind her treatment?

6. In Chapter 8, What does Will instruct Alyce to do to help the cow deliver? Why is Will especially pleased when the delivery is over?

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

8. What does Beetle discover and is ordered to keep secret in Chapter 4?

9. What does Beetle call Jane and why?

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

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