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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 sets the angry woman off for the second time at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Elinor says something in her ear.
(b) The rector spits on her.
(c) Faith's head pops off.
(d) Someone shouts that she is a witch.

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

3. What disappointing decision does the rector tell the church members during his sermon that he delivers while exhausted?
(a) That those who wish should flee from the plague.
(b) That he is stepping down as rector.
(c) That they will be closing the church, service will be held outside.
(d) That the Bradfords have returned with medicine.

4. What does Elinor say when she is delirious?
(a) "Michael, save me."
(b) "Michael, my love, I'm pregnant."
(c) "Michael, how much longer, my love?"
(d) "Michael, go on without me."

5. What one topic do the rector and Elinor have a difference about?
(a) Whether to have children or not.
(b) Whether the plague has ended or not.
(c) What to do with Anna now that the plague is over.
(d) Whether it is safe to flee the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?

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

3. What is the condition of the Gordon cottage?

4. Whose illegitimate baby does Anna deliver?

5. Who comes running toward the group in the middle of the Thanksgiving service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What path has John Gordon taken? How does he meet his end?

2. Where does Anna end up at the end of the novel? What does she choose as her life's work?

3. Why is the rector summoned to Christopher Unwin's house? Why does Anna see Christopher again later, bloody and naked?

4. What do the rector and Elinor have their only disagreement over? How is Elinor's reaction significant?

5. What do Anna and Elinor do at the Gowdie cottage?

6. How does the rector react to Elinor and Anna's actions? What is odd about his reaction when he first sees them?

7. Why is Anna so angry with the Mowbrays? Who has influenced them to do these actions?

8. Why is the rector exhausted during the chapter "Among Those that Go Down to the Pit"? What happens during his sermon?

9. Whom does Anna ask for help with digging the graves? Why won't he help?

10. Why does Aphra blame Anna for her husband's death? What does Anna notice about Aphra when they bury him?

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