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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 take from the Hadfields to help her sleep?
(a) Sage tea.
(b) Valerian.
(c) Chamomile.
(d) Poppy.

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

3. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) A horse.
(d) Money.

4. Why is Elinor looking through the Gowdies' herbs?
(a) She is actually looking for Anys's book of spells.
(b) She is burning the herbs because they are witchcraft.
(c) She is looking for more poppy.
(d) To see if she can find things that will strengthen the healthy against the plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about Christopher Unwin's condition?

2. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?

3. What happens to the rector during the mass where he is visibly tired?

4. Where does Aphra spend the night after she is accused?

5. Whom does Anna think she sees when she tries to light a fire in the cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elinor say when she is delirious? What might this mean? Why does the rector excuse Anna so curtly?

2. Who is dragged to the bonfire accused of being the "ghost" of Anys Gowdie and selling the villagers spells and advice? What do they want done to her for this deception?

3. Why do the rector and Anna visit her father? Does anything come from this visit? Explain.

4. Who does Anna see as she is trying to get water from her well? What new endeavor has he begun?

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

6. What color do the rector and Elinor wear to the Thanksgiving ceremony? What might this symbolize?

7. Why doesn't Anna use the letter of introduction the rector wrote for her? What danger lurks for her if she isn't careful?

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

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

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

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