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

2. Where do the tracks lead the second time in Chapter 7?
(a) To the butcher's shop.
(b) To the baker's shop.
(c) To the smith's barn.
(d) To the bricklayer's studio.

3. What name is given to the cat in Chapter 6?
(a) Scooter.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Purr.
(d) Pip.

4. How do the villagers react to the cow's birth in Chapter 7?
(a) They are ecstatic.
(b) They sre indifferent.
(c) They are confused.
(d) They are scared.

5. Why doesn't Jane notice the shift in Chapter 8?
(a) She is too tired and sleeps most the time.
(b) She is too focused on teaching Alyce about midwifery.
(c) She is too busy with her own life.
(d) She is in denial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days pass before Beetle sees the cat alive and well again in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the fair that Beetle goes to in Chapter 5?

3. What is Alyce gathering at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. How does Beetle feel about owning the comb?

5. What does the protagonist not do while she sleeps?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Beetle call Jane and why?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What item catches Beetle's eye at the fair?

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

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

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

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