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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anna go to find more sleep aid?
(a) To the village witch.
(b) To the old mine shaft.
(c) To the basement of the rectory.
(d) To the Gowdies' cottage.

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

3. What sad marker does the town come upon in June?
(a) There are more people above ground than in it.
(b) There are more people in the ground than above it.
(c) Plague free for six months.
(d) None of the answers if correct.

4. Why doesn't any of the murderous mob get prosecuted for their actions?
(a) The justice of the peace has the plague as well.
(b) There is no one to prosecute; they have all died of the plague.
(c) The justice of the peace will not come to the village for fear of the plague.
(d) The justice of the peace will not come near a village with witches in it.

5. What does Anna's father do to Christopher Unwin during the night?
(a) Challenges him to a duel.
(b) Tries to bury him.
(c) Tries to infect him with the plague.
(d) Accuses Christopher of starting the plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Viccars die?

2. Who came back with Maggie when she returned to the village?

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

4. Who comes to talk to the Bradfords while they are packing?

5. Where is Faith when Anna comes to visit Aphra?

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