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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. Where do they finally find John Gordon?
(a) Dead; fallen off the Edge.
(b) At the cemetery.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In the stocks.

2. Why does Anna throw Elinor and Michael's plates against the wall?
(a) She hears Elinor is dead.
(b) She is angry with the cook.
(c) She is envious of Elinor and the rector's relationship.
(d) They have the plague.

3. What ultimately happens to Maggie Cantwell?
(a) She dies from the plague and is buried.
(b) She ends up living in the orchard alone.
(c) She moves around the village, offering medicine and curing the plague.
(d) She dies from her injuries and from the stroke.

4. What is Maggie's condition when she returns to the village after leaving the Bradfords?
(a) She is stricken with the plague.
(b) She is happy; she has found a cure for the plague.
(c) She is healthy, but no one will take her in.
(d) It appears she had a stroke; she is unable to control one side of her body.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mary and Anna doing at the Hadfield residence in the chapter 'Rat-Fall'?

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

3. Why is Mem on her way to the Hadfields when Anna goes to see her?

4. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?

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

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