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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does not improve the Queen's health in autumn, 1558?
(a) The birth of her child.
(b) Keeping her in hightly heated rooms.
(c) The change of venue.
(d) The tonics she uses.

2. What does Hannah think of the Sussex countryside?
(a) It reminds her of Spain.
(b) Her mother would have enjoyed it.
(c) It's the most beautiful place she has been.
(d) She is bored by it.

3. Who is Kat Ashley?
(a) Elizabeth's closest maid.
(b) A Tudor cousin.
(c) Daniel's married sister.
(d) The King's mistress.

4. Why does Elizabeth no longer fear her sister as of spring, 1555?
(a) She is protected by King Philip.
(b) She knows Mary hasn't got long to live.
(c) She has the support of the English people.
(d) She will soon be moving abroad.

5. What does the King contemplate doing in spring, 1555?
(a) Banishing Elizabeth from court.
(b) Arranging a marriage between Elizabeth and his brother.
(c) Asking the Queen to return to court.
(d) Keeping Elizabeth at court.

6. Where does Hannah have a vision which causes her to faint in autumn, 1556?
(a) At the Carpenters' house.
(b) In the print shop.
(c) In the market.
(d) At church.

7. Whose name is on the list of political prisoners being held by the French?
(a) Mr. Dee's.
(b) Hannah's father's.
(c) Lord Dudley's.
(d) Daniel's.

8. Where does Hannah find new quarters for herself and her father in 1556?
(a) In the countryside.
(b) Across the street from the Carpenters.
(c) Above her father's printing shop.
(d) Near the city walls.

9. What does Hannah do to draw less attention to her status as single women?
(a) She makes small talk about her husband.
(b) She wears breeches.
(c) She goes out only once a week.
(d) She still wears a wedding ring.

10. Who does Hannah see while at church in autumn, 1556?
(a) Daniel's entire family.
(b) Robert Dudley.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) A vision of her mother.

11. When does France lead a counterattack on the city of Calais?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

12. What does Hannah read to her ailing father?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) "In Praise of Folly."
(d) A newspaper.

13. What month does Lord Dudley visit his home in 1558?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) December.

14. What month does the court move in to Hampton in 1558?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

15. What month does Mary release Elizabeth from prison in 1555?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Hannah and Marie separate during the French invasion?

2. Who does Elizabeth flirt with in the Queen's absence in 1555?

3. What is Bishop Bonner known as?

4. How does Hannah feel during the months following her father's death?

5. What does Mrs. Carpenter disclose to Hannah after Hannah had been married for two months?

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