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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 Alyce do for the first time when Edwards tells her he wants to stay at the manor?

2. What is Jane actually talking to Reese about?

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

4. What or who awakens Alyce in Chapter 12?

5. What does Reese think is the true miracle of the day in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and interpret the character Alyce. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What struggles or obstacles does she face throughout the novel? Does she grow as a character? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Alyce's lack of confidence throughout the novel. What might have caused her lack of confidence? How does she gain confidence throughout the novel? How does an increase in confidence improve her life?

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