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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 is the reason that Alyce gives Will for leaving the village?
(a) She dislikes Jane.
(b) She is too stupid to be a midwife's apprentice.
(c) She was offered a job at the inn.
(d) She was never one to stay in one spot for too long.

2. Why does Jane send Alyce to the cottage during Joan's labor?
(a) So Alyce can not see what Jane is doing.
(b) To wait for the doctor.
(c) For more supplies.
(d) To get some sleep.

3. Whom does the boy decide to name himself after when he discovers that 'Alyce' is a girl's name?
(a) One of the village boys.
(b) His father.
(c) A cow.
(d) The King.

4. What do the boys think Alyce is threatening them with in Chapter 9?
(a) A large and spiky metal ring on her finger.
(b) Maggots and slugs.
(c) A smelly steel boot.
(d) Rat's blood and wiper's flesh.

5. What does Alyce threaten the boys with in Chapter 9?
(a) An old rubber boot she found on the side of the road.
(b) A rotting log.
(c) A flask of cordial.
(d) Her fist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Alyce tell the boy to use as a reference in Chapter 10?

2. Who is Magister Reese?

3. Why does Jane become angry in Chapter 11?

4. Where does Alyce go after walking awhile at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What does Alyce find Edward doing in the hen house in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes Alyce to cry for the first time in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

8. What comment does the cook at the manor house make about Alyce's appearance in Chapter 14?

9. How does Reese communicate with and teach Alyce at first?

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

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