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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 is the mob beating near the old mine?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elinor.
(c) Old Mem.
(d) Anna.

2. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?
(a) A horse.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

3. What was strange about the autumn?
(a) It was cold.
(b) It was very sunny.
(c) The trees did not shed their leaves.
(d) It was unusually cloudy and dark.

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

5. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?
(a) They are mean and vindictive.
(b) They are scornful.
(c) They turn them away.
(d) They are surprised and proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aphra make for Josiah that Anna questions?

2. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?

3. What rank is Henry Bradford?

4. Who does Colonel Bradford insult during this interaction with the rector?

5. Why doesn't any of the murderous mob get prosecuted for their actions?

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