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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. As of September, 1554, what has Queen Mary not done for two months.
(a) Menstruated.
(b) Allowed her husband to share her bed.
(c) Spoken to Elizabeth.
(d) Met with her advisors.

2. After King Edward's death, who is installed on the throne?
(a) Princess Elizabeth.
(b) Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Prince George.
(d) Lord Dudley.

3. Why is most of the English army not able to be raised in winter, 1554?
(a) They are abroad in Africa.
(b) There is not enough time.
(c) There is an influenza epidemic.
(d) They refuse to fight for a Catholic queen.

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

5. Who is unattended and disgraced by spring 1554?
(a) Lord Dudley.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Queen Mary ask Hannah to tell Elizabeth in spring, 1554?

2. What does Daniel order Hannah to do in March, 1554?

3. How does Elizabeth feel about returning to London in 1554?

4. What does the country encourage Mary to do in 1553?

5. Who is Lady Katherine Dudley engaged to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Spring 1553, why are disappearances occurring? What does this mean for Hannah's family?

2. In Autumn and Winter 1553, what do Mary's advisors recommend that she do to secure her throne?

3. Where does the Duke of Northumberland send Hannah in Spring 1553? How does Hannah feel about her assignment?

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

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

7. What does Mary agonize over in Spring and Summer 1554?

8. During Mary's fight for the throne, where was her half-sister, Lady Elizabeth? When did Elizabeth reappear?

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

10. What news trickles in to Woodstock while Hannah is staying the winter there with Elizabeth?

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