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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 does Alyce find Edward doing in the hen house in Chapter 15?
(a) Eating an egg.
(b) Crying.
(c) Petting and talking to a hen.
(d) Playing knights with the chickens.

2. Who is Joan?
(a) The baker's wife.
(b) The bailiff's wife.
(c) The preacher's wife.
(d) The milkman's wife.

3. What is Jane actually talking to Reese about?
(a) The weather.
(b) Jane's beliefs when it comes to being a midwife.
(c) Reese's studies.
(d) The best dishes on the menu.

4. Why has Edward been helping in the kitchen at the manor?
(a) He is too small to work in the fields.
(b) He has a talent for creating new dishes.
(c) The weather has been very rough outside as of late.
(d) There is a shortage of staff in the kitchen.

5. Who is Magister Reese?
(a) A new resident of the village.
(b) An old government official who threatens to shut down the place where Alyce works.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A friend of Jennet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alyce recommend the boy sleep in Chapter 10?

2. Who is sent to the village for the midwife in chapter 16?

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

4. Why is Jane angry with Alyce in Chapter 13?

5. What does Alyce worry about in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Alyce struggle with as the wealthy woman has difficulty giving birth in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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