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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 take the back roads to the manor?
(a) The views are much more pleasant.
(b) So that she isn't seen.
(c) To save time.
(d) To avoid an accident on the main road.

2. What does Jennet think of Alyce?
(a) She distrusts Alyce because of her lack of family.
(b) She pities the young girl without friends or family.
(c) She dislikes Alyce's positive outlook.
(d) She is thankful for her hard work.

3. What does Alyce notice the village boys doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Running from an old lady.
(b) Teasing the cat.
(c) Playing a game.
(d) Standing over a dead deer.

4. What does Edward tell Alyce about as they drift off to sleep in Chapter 15?
(a) His life before meeting Alyce.
(b) A dream he had th night before.
(c) His pet hen.
(d) His life at the manor.

5. What does Alyce help the men do at the manor in Chapter 15?
(a) Build an outhouse.
(b) Polish some silver.
(c) Clean the sheep.
(d) Plant some flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Magister Reese talk to instead of Alyce?

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

3. What does Jane tell Alyce about Joan's child?

4. Who is Joan?

5. What does Alyce think about often while working at her new job in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alyce discover when she visits Tansy's calves in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Alyce tell Reece is her only wish in life? What does she believe about achieving her goal?

3. Who comes to the village looking for Alyce in Chapter 11 and why?

4. Who arrives at the inn in Chapter 16, and what is troubling them?

5. When Jane tells Reese that perhaps Alyce leaving her was for the best, what does Alyce think she means? What does Jane actually mean?

6. How does Alyce earn the devotion of the small boy in Chapter 10?

7. What happens when Alyce arrives to help Emma Blunt give birth?

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. What does Jennet tell Alyce about the thin man who takes her interest at the inn?

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

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