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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of Anna's father when they find him?
(a) Dead from self-inflicted wounds.
(b) Alive, but with hypothermia.
(c) Dead, eaten by animals.
(d) Alive, but deranged.

2. What is strange about Christopher Unwin's condition?
(a) He is recovering from the plague.
(b) He is immune to the plague.
(c) He dies within minutes of getting the plague.
(d) He has the power to cure people with the plague.

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

4. What did the Mowbrays do to their infant to protect it from the plague?
(a) Passed it through a bramble hedge.
(b) Left him out in the cold overnight.
(c) Hung the infant from the ceiling.
(d) Performed a hex on the baby.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Anna disgusted with the rector?
(a) For his treatment of Elinor.
(b) For the way he handled the plague.
(c) For his treatment of Anteros.
(d) Because he won't keep his hands off her.

11. Whom does Anna think she sees when she tries to light a fire in the cottage?
(a) Mem Gowdie.
(b) Sam Frith.
(c) Lib Hancock.
(d) Anys Gowdie.

12. 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 her father beat her.
(c) Because she is sore and bruised from her work in the mine.
(d) Because she has the plague.

13. Where does Aphra spend the night after she is accused?
(a) In a fertilizer pool.
(b) In the churchyard, chained to a cross.
(c) At the rectory.
(d) In the stocks.

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

15. Why is Anna crying in the rectory kitchen?
(a) Anna is crying because she is in love with the rector.
(b) Anna is crying for Elinor's unborn child.
(c) Anna is crying for all the dead children.
(d) Anna is crying for her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Anna and Mompellion's child?

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

3. What punishment does Aphra receive from the villagers?

4. What predicament was Elinor in after her lover abandoned her?

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

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