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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Great Burning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elinor say when she is delirious?
(a) "Michael, go on without me."
(b) "Michael, how much longer, my love?"
(c) "Michael, save me."
(d) "Michael, my love, I'm pregnant."

2. What evidence does Mary Hadfield have to accuse the victim of witchcraft?
(a) Mary says she saw the witch floating in the water.
(b) Mary says the herbs she gave her killed her son Edward.
(c) Mary says she whispered a curse on her son Edward.
(d) Mary says she saw the witch on her broom.

3. Why do the rector and Josiah get into a fight outside Unwin's house?
(a) The rector says her father's work is unsatisfactory.
(b) Anna's father is digging a grave for the rector.
(c) Anna's father is digging a grave while the patient is recovering.
(d) The rector insults Anna's father without cause.

4. What does the crowd do to Anys?
(a) They drown her.
(b) They let her go.
(c) They hang her.
(d) They take her to trial.

5. Who is integral to the rector's plan for the village?
(a) Anys Gowdie.
(b) Anna Frith.
(c) Colonel Bradford.
(d) The earl of Chatsworth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Anna's father sentenced to?

3. Why is Anna afraid of helping deliver Mary Daniel's baby?

4. What happens to Anna as her father puts his hands on her at the tavern?

5. What was strange about the autumn?

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