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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finishes the sermon for the rector?
(a) Anna.
(b) Anna's father.
(c) Elinor.
(d) Mr. Stanley.

2. What question does Anna ask herself while sitting with Maggie?
(a) Why a good person like Maggie suffers while her father wastes away in his drunkenness.
(b) Why Maggie has to die of the plague; she always lived so healthfully.
(c) Why a good person like Maggie cannot find a place to live.
(d) Why Maggie was able to save a child, but not hers.

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

4. What condition is Maggie in when Anna leaves the tavern and sees her?
(a) She is even better; her medicine has cured a child.
(b) She has worsened; the plague has ravaged her body.
(c) She is in despair; no one will let her stay with them.
(d) She has worsened, and appears to have had another stroke.

5. What did Anna and her friends call Anys when they were children?
(a) An idiot.
(b) A witch.
(c) A horse.
(d) Cow and grass-eater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Edward Cooper after he plays in the wood pile?

2. Why is Elinor looking through the Gowdies' herbs?

3. What does Anna try to give Maggie to make her feel better when Maggie comes back?

4. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?

5. What does Mr. Viccars give to Anna?

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