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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 comes and goes in Chapter 12?

2. What or who awakens Alyce in Chapter 12?

3. What is Will's surname?

4. According to Will, what does Alyce not need to succeed?

5. What does Alyce ask a man who arrives at the inn from the manor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Joan's labor begins again under Alyce's watch, what does Alyce decide she should do in this situation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel "The Midwife's Apprentice"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of greed in the novel. Who is greedy and why? How does this character show his or her greed? How do the other characters react to his or her greed?

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