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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the carter say the narrator is lucky to get the apples that they did?
(a) Because they were not in season.
(b) Because apples don't grow near there.
(c) Because no one will deliver apples to the rectory.
(d) Because there were so few people to do the picking.

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

3. Whom does Anna think she sees when she tries to light a fire in the cottage?
(a) Sam Frith.
(b) Anys Gowdie.
(c) Mem Gowdie.
(d) Lib Hancock.

4. Under what charge is Anna's father brought to trial?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Theft.
(c) Attempted Murder.
(d) Murder.

5. Whom does Anna want to see before they die from the plague?
(a) Elinor Mompellion, her mentor.
(b) Anys Gowdie, her friend.
(c) Sam Frith, her husband.
(d) Lib Hancock, her oldest friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maggie Cantwell go after the Bradfords throw her out?

2. What makes Anna suspect that Elinor is sick?

3. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?

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

5. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?

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