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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Press of Their Ghosts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?
(a) She becomes promiscuous.
(b) She changes religion.
(c) She becomes extremely devout.
(d) She becomes a recluse.

2. What was strange about the autumn?
(a) The trees did not shed their leaves.
(b) It was cold.
(c) It was unusually cloudy and dark.
(d) It was very sunny.

3. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?
(a) He becomes a flagellant.
(b) He renounces all religion and becomes an atheist.
(c) He becomes a priest.
(d) He begins to pray at plague stricken bedsides.

4. Why does Anna run home after the altercation with her father?
(a) She feels lightheaded and needs to lie down.
(b) She hears that someone survived the plague.
(c) She is humiliated and scrubs herself clean.
(d) Someone tells her that her house is on fire.

5. What surprise does Jamie have for Anna at the cottage?
(a) A painting.
(b) A shower of rose petals.
(c) A warm dinner.
(d) A new dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maggie's condition when she returns to the village after leaving the Bradfords?

2. Why is Anna embarrassed to see the rector when she is in the meadow with her children?

3. Why does Anna go to the tavern after Maggie comes back?

4. What were Edward and Jamie playing with in the wood pile?

5. What did Sam do when he found out how Anna's father had treated her as a child?

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