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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the condition of the Gordon cottage?
(a) It is bare.
(b) It is not there.
(c) It is abandoned.
(d) It is burning.

3. What is strange about the rector's reaction when he sees Elinor and Anna at the tavern?
(a) He opens his arms out as if to hug, then claps his hand together.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He leans forward as if to kiss, then draws back.
(d) He starts yelling at them for being stupid.

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

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

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

7. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?
(a) He becomes a priest.
(b) He renounces all religion and becomes an atheist.
(c) He becomes a flagellant.
(d) He begins to pray at plague stricken bedsides.

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

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

10. Who is the armed woman screaming at when she comes to the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Elinor.
(b) The rector.
(c) John Gordon.
(d) Anna.

11. What do the townspeople accuse Aphra of doing?
(a) Performing hexes on the living.
(b) Haunting the living with memories of their dead loved ones.
(c) Digging graves before the victims are dead.
(d) Selling people spells while disguised as Anys.

12. 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) She is burning the herbs because they are witchcraft.
(d) To see if she can find things that will strengthen the healthy against the plague.

13. What does Anna take from the Hadfields to help her sleep?
(a) Sage tea.
(b) Poppy.
(c) Chamomile.
(d) Valerian.

14. What does Anna try to do for the rector but is unable?
(a) Dress the rector.
(b) Persuade the rector to visit Elinor's grave.
(c) Cut the rector's hair.
(d) Shave the rector.

15. What does Anna see when she wakes up and goes outside after her substance-induced sleep?
(a) Sally Maston standing in the doorway, her parents dying from the plague.
(b) Elinor standing outside her door.
(c) Anys Gowdie standing in her garden.
(d) A large snowfall preventing her from going to the rectory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the pot the Mowbrays were boiling?

2. What dangerous method does Anna use in the mine?

3. Why won't Aphra let Anna keep Faith until she recovers?

4. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?

5. What sad marker does the town come upon in June?

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