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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 is done to punish rebel soldiers in winter, 1554?
(a) They are drowned in metal cages.
(b) They are burned alive.
(c) They hung from scaffolds throughout London.
(d) They are decapitated and their heads set on pikes.

2. How does Queen Mary feel about the news that the court receives in October, 1554?
(a) She feels devastated.
(b) She feels vindicated.
(c) She feels nervous.
(d) She feels compassion.

3. Why do Hannah and her father discuss running away in April 1553?
(a) Their Jewish faith has been revealed.
(b) Oliver has been charged with a crime.
(c) People have been disappearing in their town.
(d) Hannah has been accused of being a witch.

4. How did Hannah's mother die?
(a) She was burned at the stake.
(b) From plague.
(c) She was drowned.
(d) She was decapitated.

5. How does Hannah spend her mornings at court in spring, 1553?
(a) Meditating to encourage her visions.
(b) Studying with John Dee.
(c) Praying at the cathedral.
(d) Playing in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. After King Edward's death, who is installed on the throne?

2. Why does Hannah decide to remain in London in 1554?

3. Who is Lady Katherine Dudley engaged to marry?

4. Why are doctors sent to Elizabeth in winter, 1554?

5. How is the atmosphere at court after the news of the Queen's pregnancy spreads?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vision does Hannah have concerning Tom Seymour?

2. Why does Mary invite Elizabeth to return to court in Spring 1555?

3. Who did the country people hope would ascend to the throne and why?

4. What does Daniel say in his letter to Hannah in Summer 1554? What does Hannah eventually reply?

5. How do the Dudley's hope to use Hannah's premonitory visions to their advantage? What does Hannah predict about the succession of the throne?

6. What does Hannah have a vision of on the way to Mary's castle with Elizabeth?

7. Who does Mary decide to marry? What are Mary's feelings about marriage?

8. On her journey to Hunsdon, what does Hannah notice about the villages she passes through?

9. How do Elizabeth and Mary differ in their religious beliefs?

10. What does Hannah discover when she goes to visit her ill father in Spring and Summer 1554?

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