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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 Anys come to Anna's house?
(a) To buy some milk.
(b) To pick up a dress George made for her.
(c) To visit Anna.
(d) To give Anna some herbs.

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

3. What are Mary and Anna doing at the Hadfield residence in the chapter 'Rat-Fall'?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Washing clothes.
(c) Butchering a hog.
(d) Chopping wood.

4. What realization does Anna come to while listening to the Colonel?
(a) That the rector is wrong.
(b) That Elizabeth Bradford has the plague.
(c) That Colonel Bradford is actually a very generous and kind man.
(d) That she has nowhere to go and nothing to protect or hope for.

5. What punishment does Anna compare the plague to?
(a) Time out.
(b) Lashing and pickling.
(c) Drawing and quartering.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anna run home after the altercation with her father?

2. How does Anys help Jamie when he is sick?

3. Why does the name of the rector's horse cause a stir in the village?

4. What condition is Maggie in when Anna leaves the tavern and sees her?

5. Why is Anna afraid of helping deliver Mary Daniel's baby?

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. What does Anna do to try to console the rector? How does he respond?

3. How is Mr. Viccars different from Sam?

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

5. What is Mem's condition after the incident with the crowd? Who takes care of her?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Anna do at the Bradfords'? How does she unwittingly cause a stir?

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