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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. How old is Aphra's child, Faith?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

2. What does Kate Talbot resort to in her desperation after seeing her husband's affliction?
(a) She tries to induce labor.
(b) She tries to put her husband out of his misery.
(c) She runs after her husband, who abandoned her.
(d) She tries to do a spell, hoping it will cure her husband.

3. After Elinor tells Anna her secret, what do they spend the day doing?
(a) Taking poppy to forget their worries.
(b) Packing so that they may flee soon.
(c) Researching herbs that will help them fight the plague.
(d) Winterizing the Gowdie garden.

4. What does Mompellion do after Elinor's death that is unusual?
(a) Burns all of Elinor's possessions.
(b) Takes Anteros for a ride and doesn't come back for days.
(c) Locks himself up in the rectory.
(d) Cuts his hair and burns it.

5. Why is Anna crying in the rectory kitchen?
(a) Anna is crying for her father.
(b) Anna is crying for all the dead children.
(c) Anna is crying because she is in love with the rector.
(d) Anna is crying for Elinor's unborn child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do they finally find John Gordon?

3. Why is the rector constantly tired?

4. What do the townspeople accuse Aphra of doing?

5. What is Anna's father sentenced to?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Anna hope she will find relief? How does her knowledge of herbs comfort her?

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

4. What child do Anna and Elinor help? What do they do to help this child?

5. What does Anna take to help her sleep? How does it work? How is it dangerous?

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

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. Where is Aphra kept overnight? What effect does this have on her? On the villagers?

10. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?

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