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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. What altercation does Anna get into with her father at the tavern?
(a) Anna's father denounces her.
(b) Anna calls her father a drunken idiot.
(c) Her father insults the rector's plan; Anna retorts.
(d) Anna accuses her father of murdering her mother.

2. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?
(a) George Viccars.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mrs. Mompellion.
(d) The rector.

3. What does Anna try to give Maggie to make her feel better when Maggie comes back?
(a) Money for the medicine.
(b) Advice for her problems.
(c) Mutton broth.
(d) A place to stay.

4. Who is screaming when Anna wakes up after falling asleep with Tom?
(a) Anys.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mem.
(d) Aphra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Josiah doing when Anna gets to the tavern?

2. What sad marker does the town come upon in June?

3. What conclusion does Anna come to about the plague after leaving the Mowbrays?

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

5. What did the Mowbrays do to their infant to protect it from the plague?

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