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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna discover about the baby still inside Mary Daniel?
(a) The baby is backwards.
(b) The baby is deformed.
(c) There is no baby.
(d) The baby is dead.

2. What happens to Tom soon after news of Edward?
(a) He dies.
(b) He catches a fever, but lives.
(c) He grows big and strong.
(d) He becomes deaf.

3. Who is Tom?
(a) Anna's brother.
(b) Anna's baby.
(c) Anna's husband.
(d) Anna's father.

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

5. What is George Viccars' trade?
(a) A priest.
(b) A miner.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A journeyman tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sam?

2. What realization does Anna come to while listening to the Colonel?

3. What was strange about the autumn?

4. What does Mr. Mompellion say the villages with the plague should do?

5. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Anna surprised when the rector comes upon her in the field? How does the rector react to this?

2. Who becomes a lodger at Anna's house? What is his trade?

3. What is revealed about Anna's relationship with her father? How does Sam figure into this?

4. What defense does Anys employ when being accused of witchcraft? Why do you think she does this?

5. What does the rector say the plague-stricken villagers should do? How does this differ from the rest of the group?

6. Why does Anna go to Mary's house? How does Mary and Anna's job differ from that of Alexander's?

7. What is the condition of the rector in the beginning of the novel?

8. How is Mr. Viccars different from Sam?

9. What does George tell Anna to do with his possessions? Why do you think he tells her this?

10. What do the children find in the woodpile? How is this dangerous?

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