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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. Why is Anna crying in the rectory kitchen?
(a) Anna is crying for her father.
(b) Anna is crying for all the dead children.
(c) Anna is crying for Elinor's unborn child.
(d) Anna is crying because she is in love with the rector.

2. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) A horse.

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

4. What did Sam do when he found out how Anna's father had treated her as a child?
(a) Told Anna that children needed to be disciplined severely.
(b) Went for a long walk.
(c) Went to her father's house and punched him in the face.
(d) Went and had a long talk with her father.

5. Why does Anna go to the tavern after Maggie comes back?
(a) To borrow a handcart.
(b) To remember Sam.
(c) To see her father.
(d) To get a drink.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was strange about the autumn?

4. What surprise does Jamie have for Anna at the cottage?

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

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