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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anna find Elizabeth Bradford?
(a) At Anna's cottage.
(b) In the graveyard.
(c) In the church.
(d) At her house.

2. What happens to Aphra at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) The armed woman murders her.
(b) She cries and repents her devil worship.
(c) She runs into the woods.
(d) She turns the knife on herself.

3. What is the name of Anna and Mompellion's child?
(a) Aphra.
(b) Anys.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Elinor.

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

5. What do Anna and the rector do that Anna is ashamed of?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Dismiss the stable boy.
(c) Run away together.
(d) Dance together.

6. What does Elinor carry in her arms during the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Apples.
(d) Children.

7. What dangerous method does Anna use in the mine?
(a) Fire.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Vibration.
(d) Smoke.

8. Why do the rector and Josiah get into a fight outside Unwin's house?
(a) The rector insults Anna's father without cause.
(b) Anna's father is digging a grave while the patient is recovering.
(c) The rector says her father's work is unsatisfactory.
(d) Anna's father is digging a grave for the rector.

9. What was the name of the boy who abandoned Elinor after convincing her to run away from home?
(a) Henry.
(b) Sam.
(c) Charles.
(d) Michael.

10. Why are the simplest tasks hard for Anna in the days after going into the mine?
(a) Because the cold freezes her limbs.
(b) Because she is sore and bruised from her work in the mine.
(c) Because her father beat her.
(d) Because she has the plague.

11. Where do they finally find John Gordon?
(a) Dead; fallen off the Edge.
(b) In the stocks.
(c) In a tree.
(d) At the cemetery.

12. Who does the rector convince Jakob Merill to leave his house to?
(a) Anna.
(b) Anna's father.
(c) Elinor Mompellion.
(d) Brand Rigney.

13. Who is able to subdue the angry woman at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) John Gordon.
(b) Anna.
(c) The rector.
(d) Elinor.

14. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?
(a) That she had been with child once.
(b) That the rector is sick.
(c) That she takes poppy every night so that she may sleep.
(d) That she is getting ready to flee.

15. What does the presence of the cockerel mean to Anna?
(a) Bad news is coming.
(b) The world is ending.
(c) The plague is getting stronger.
(d) The plague is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about the rector's reaction when he sees Elinor and Anna at the tavern?

2. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?

3. How does Anna save the illegitimate baby's life?

4. What color are Elinor and the rector wearing at the service?

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

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