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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Body of the Mine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Anna scold the stable boy?
(a) She sees that his face is worn and exhausted.
(b) The stable boy is actually her son.
(c) The stable boy is not around.
(d) The stable boy starts crying.

3. Why is Anna afraid of helping deliver Mary Daniel's baby?
(a) Because she has never assisted in a birth before.
(b) Because the baby is in breach position.
(c) Because she watched her mother die in childbirth.
(d) Because she is afraid of blood.

4. Why are the simplest tasks hard for Anna in the days after going into the mine?
(a) Because she has the plague.
(b) Because she is sore and bruised from her work in the mine.
(c) Because her father beat her.
(d) Because the cold freezes her limbs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Anna not testify for her father in court?

2. What does the rector refer to the plague as?

3. What is the crowd told to do after they realize what they've done?

4. What does Mr. Mompellion say the villages with the plague should do?

5. What realization does Anna come to while listening to the Colonel?

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