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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. Why does the rector grab Anna's arm when she reaches for the Bible?
(a) Because she tries to hit him.
(b) Becuase she is unstable.
(c) So that the Bible will fall to the floor.
(d) Because she needs help getting up.

2. Who is Jamie?
(a) Anna's father.
(b) Anna's husband.
(c) Anna's son.
(d) Anna's brother.

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

4. What surprise does Jamie have for Anna at the cottage?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A painting.
(c) A warm dinner.
(d) A shower of rose petals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie Cantwell come for Anna's help?

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

3. What is the narrator's name?

4. What is the main argument of the rector's sermon after the scene at the old mine?

5. What happens to Mem Gowdie after the encounter at the old mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship between Anys and George? How does Anna react to this?

2. What happened in Blackwell? What is Maggie Cantwell's condition?

3. What childhood memories are brought up to Anna as she helps Mary? How does this affect her?

4. What is the rector's plan for the village? Describe it in as much detail as possible.

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

6. What is the rector's religious explanation for the plague?

7. Who comes and stops the crowd during the witch frenzy? How is he/she able to shame them into repentance?

8. What happens to Maggie Cantwell? What question arises in Anna as she thinks of Maggie and her father?

9. What happens to Edward Cooper? What soon befalls Anna's child? How does this effect Anna?

10. How does the relationship between Anna and George Viccars evolve?

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