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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 Alyce afraid Jane is telling Reese when she sees them talking to each other?
(a) All about Alyce's past as a dung beetle.
(b) How stupid Alyce is.
(c) Tips and hints of midwifery.
(d) Not to socialize with Alyce.

2. How is the cook at the manor described?
(a) As a ditzy woman.
(b) As a grumpy old bat.
(c) As a friendly woman.
(d) As a thief and a liar.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Joan?

2. How does Alyce look upon her actions in Chapter 11?

3. What name does Jane call Alyce instead of Alyce?

4. How does Alyce feel about seeing Will in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What name does the small boy Alyce meets in Chapter 10 decide to take?

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

5. What must Alyce work up the courage to ask a man about in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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