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

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

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

4. What does Alyce tell the boys that the thing she is threatening them with will do?
(a) Make the boys act like women.
(b) Give them a disease.
(c) Burn their nose hairs.
(d) Poke their eyes out.

5. What or who awakens Alyce in Chapter 12?
(a) A rooster.
(b) The rain.
(c) Edward.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Edward react when he sees Alyce again in Chapter 15?

3. Who is John Dark?

4. How far is Alyce from the village in Chapter 12?

5. Why doesn't the man believe that his wife might be having a baby in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Alyce begin working for in Chapter 12?

2. What does Alyce finally find out about Edward in Chapter 14?

3. How does Alyce provide a better life for the little boy in Chapter 10?

4. What does Jane think when Matthew arrives looking for Alyce in Chapter 11?

5. What does Alyce discover about herself in Chapter 15?

6. What does Alyce do after she is unable to help Emma Blunt give birth?

7. Why does Jane tell Alyce to take over at Joan's delivery?

8. In Chapter 13, what does Alyce tell Will when he asks why she left the village? What does he say to encourage her?

9. When Jane comes to the inn and speaks to Reese, what does Alyce worry they are speaking about?

10. What makes Alyce smile for the first time? What does she dream about on the same night?

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