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

2. What was in the pot the Mowbrays were boiling?
(a) Baby urine.
(b) A dog.
(c) Blood.
(d) Their baby.

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

4. Why is Mem on her way to the Hadfields when Anna goes to see her?
(a) She is going for a visit.
(b) She is delivering bread.
(c) She is going to help butcher a hog.
(d) She is delivering a draught to Edward, who has a fever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition is Maggie in when Anna leaves the tavern and sees her?

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

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

4. What was strange about the autumn?

5. How does Jamie help Anna in the field?

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