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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beetle watch the cat do?

2. What is said about the midwife's hands?

3. What do Will's friends do when he falls in the water in Chapter 6?

4. How does Jane break her ankle in Chapter 5?

5. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beetle find the village boys doing when she goes to feed the cat in Chapter 2?

2. What item catches Beetle's eye at the fair?

3. What does Alyce offer the cat in Chapter 6?

4. What happens one day while Alyce is telling Purr about the delivery of the twin calves?

5. How has Jane earned her position as midwife to the village?

6. What does Beetle do when the miller drags her to deliver his wife's baby?

7. What does Beetle do when Jane is delivering babies?

8. Who does a man mistake Beetle for at the fair? What amazes Beetle about this?

9. Where does Brat try to keep warm at the beginning of the story?

10. What do the villagers dislike about Jane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of friendship in the novel. Is friendship important to Alyce? Who are her friends? How does she help her friends and how do they help her?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflict in the novel "The Midwife's Apprentice." Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts alter or influence the plot and the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Jane Sharp. What are her defining character traits? Describe her relationship with Alyce.

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