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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main argument of the rector's sermon after the scene at the old mine?
(a) That God is punishing them for their sins.
(b) That there is no hope; they will all die together in the village.
(c) That the village should stay and contain the plague.
(d) That those who are well should flee to a healthy village.

2. What rank is Henry Bradford?
(a) General.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Rector.

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

4. Why does the carter say the narrator is lucky to get the apples that they did?
(a) Because there were so few people to do the picking.
(b) Because they were not in season.
(c) Because no one will deliver apples to the rectory.
(d) Because apples don't grow near there.

5. Where does Maggie Cantwell go after the Bradfords throw her out?
(a) With the Bradfords.
(b) To Blackwell.
(c) To Canterbury.
(d) To Anna's house.

6. 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 Elizabeth Bradford has the plague.
(c) That the rector is wrong.
(d) That she has nowhere to go and nothing to protect or hope for.

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

8. How did Sam die?
(a) In a riding accident.
(b) From the plague.
(c) In a mining accident.
(d) From the flu.

9. Who is Thomas Stanley?
(a) The justice of the peace.
(b) The former parson of the village parish.
(c) A well respected doctor.
(d) A miner.

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

11. Who does Anys live with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her brother.

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

13. What did Sam do when he found out how Anna's father had treated her as a child?
(a) Told Anna that children needed to be disciplined severely.
(b) Went to her father's house and punched him in the face.
(c) Went and had a long talk with her father.
(d) Went for a long walk.

14. What comes from London for Mr. Viccars?
(a) A box of cloth.
(b) A book.
(c) Tea.
(d) A new sewing kit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What altercation does Anna get into with her father at the tavern?

2. Who does Anna talk with on her way to the Bradfords?

3. What does the crowd do to Anys?

4. What evidence does Mary Hadfield have to accuse the victim of witchcraft?

5. What does the Londoner tell the other diners during the Bradfords' dinner party?

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