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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 is the condition of the Gordon cottage?
(a) It is bare.
(b) It is abandoned.
(c) It is burning.
(d) It is not there.

2. 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.

3. What happens to Anna as her father puts his hands on her at the tavern?
(a) She begins to break out in hives.
(b) She is unable to control herself and urinates.
(c) She passes out.
(d) She cries uncontrollably.

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

5. What are Mary and Anna doing at the Hadfield residence in the chapter 'Rat-Fall'?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Butchering a hog.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Sewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jamie help Anna in the field?

2. What was in the pot the Mowbrays were boiling?

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

4. Who is screaming when Anna wakes up after falling asleep with Tom?

5. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?

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