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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Anna and Elinor go down into the Wickford mine?
(a) To save Merry Wickford, who is trapped there.
(b) To show that women can to men's work.
(c) To find herbs that grow underground.
(d) To get lead for Merry.

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

3. Why is Elinor looking through the Gowdies' herbs?
(a) She is looking for more poppy.
(b) She is actually looking for Anys's book of spells.
(c) To see if she can find things that will strengthen the healthy against the plague.
(d) She is burning the herbs because they are witchcraft.

4. What makes Anna suspect that Elinor is sick?
(a) Elinor throws up.
(b) She hears her cough.
(c) Elinor faints.
(d) There is a plague sore on Elinor.

5. What color are Elinor and the rector wearing at the service?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

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

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

8. What disappointing decision does the rector tell the church members during his sermon that he delivers while exhausted?
(a) That those who wish should flee from the plague.
(b) That he is stepping down as rector.
(c) That the Bradfords have returned with medicine.
(d) That they will be closing the church, service will be held outside.

9. What deal does Anna make with her father in return for his service digging graves?
(a) Ale.
(b) Her medicinal herbs.
(c) Some of her lambs.
(d) Poppy.

10. What sets the angry woman off for the second time at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) The rector spits on her.
(b) Faith's head pops off.
(c) Elinor says something in her ear.
(d) Someone shouts that she is a witch.

11. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?
(a) She becomes extremely devout.
(b) She becomes a recluse.
(c) She changes religion.
(d) She becomes promiscuous.

12. What does the armed woman have in her arms at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Hope.
(b) A serpent.
(c) Faith.
(d) Spells.

13. Where does the rector hold his services now that the church is closed?
(a) Anna's house.
(b) The rectory.
(c) The Delf.
(d) The Field.

14. Who comes to Anna's cottage looking for Anna's father?
(a) Aphra.
(b) Sam.
(c) The rector.
(d) His son.

15. What punishment does Aphra receive from the villagers?
(a) She is burned at the stake.
(b) None; the rector says she had endured enough.
(c) She is sent to the stocks for a week.
(d) She is sent to live in isolation and banned from the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finishes the sermon for the rector?

2. Whose cockerel does Anna see in her yard one morning?

3. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?

4. What is the condition of the Gordon cottage?

5. Why is Anna crying in the rectory kitchen?

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