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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 Anna ask for to help during delivery of Mary's baby?
(a) Lotion.
(b) Chicken fat.
(c) Forceps.
(d) Butter.

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

3. Why does Anna throw Elinor and Michael's plates against the wall?
(a) She is angry with the cook.
(b) She is envious of Elinor and the rector's relationship.
(c) They have the plague.
(d) She hears Elinor is dead.

4. What does the rector refer to the plague as?
(a) A "challenge of faith".
(b) A "natural selection".
(c) A "curse for the ages".
(d) A "venom of the blood".

5. What realization does Anna come to while listening to the Colonel?
(a) That she has nowhere to go and nothing to protect or hope for.
(b) That Elizabeth Bradford has the plague.
(c) That Colonel Bradford is actually a very generous and kind man.
(d) That the rector is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Anna not testify for her father in court?

2. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?

3. What service does Anna's father start up?

4. Where does Aphra spend the night after she is accused?

5. Who does the rector convince Jakob Merill to leave his house to?

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