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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Anna referring to in this sentence? "She was a shrewd woman, in spite of all her superstitious fancies."
(a) Anys Gowdie.
(b) Elinor Mompellion.
(c) Mary Hadfield.
(d) Her stepmother.

2. What does Elinor do when Anna agrees to go along with the rector's plan?
(a) She frowns.
(b) She gives Anna a hug.
(c) She begins to laugh at Anna.
(d) She strikes Anna.

3. How long has the rector lived in the village?
(a) His whole life.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

4. Why does Anna go to the tavern after Maggie comes back?
(a) To remember Sam.
(b) To see her father.
(c) To borrow a handcart.
(d) To get a drink.

5. What does the Londoner tell the other diners during the Bradfords' dinner party?
(a) How to fertilize their crops better.
(b) About the current political situation.
(c) About the plague in London.
(d) Religious news.

6. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?
(a) George Viccars.
(b) The rector.
(c) Anna.
(d) Mrs. Mompellion.

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

8. What does the narrator do with the apples?
(a) Tramples them for cider.
(b) Makes a pie with them.
(c) Bites into one.
(d) Slices one very thin and takes it to the rector.

9. Who does Colonel Bradford insult during this interaction with the rector?
(a) Rector Mompellion and his wife.
(b) Anna and her sons.
(c) Anys and Mem Gowdie.
(d) Maggie Cantwell.

10. 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.

11. How does Jamie help Anna in the field?
(a) He watches his baby brother.
(b) He counts the lambs for Anna.
(c) He doesn't help her.
(d) He reaches inside and helps the ewe give birth.

12. Who comes to rescue the first accused witch?
(a) Michael Mompellion.
(b) Elinor Mompellion.
(c) Anna Frith.
(d) Anys Gowdie.

13. Who comes and stops the mob during the witch frenzy?
(a) Anna Frith.
(b) Anys Gowdie.
(c) Elinor Mompellion.
(d) Michael Mompellion.

14. What method is used to save the first accused witch's life?
(a) CPR.
(b) No method.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Shock therapy.

15. Why does the rector grab Anna's arm when she reaches for the Bible?
(a) Because she needs help getting up.
(b) So that the Bible will fall to the floor.
(c) Becuase she is unstable.
(d) Because she tries to hit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mary and Anna doing at the Hadfield residence in the chapter 'Rat-Fall'?

2. What does the crowd do to the accused witch?

3. Who carries Mr. Viccars' body downstairs?

4. What rank is Henry Bradford?

5. Who is Thomas Stanley?

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