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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. Who is the armed woman screaming at when she comes to the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Elinor.
(b) John Gordon.
(c) Anna.
(d) The rector.

2. Why will Anna not testify for her father in court?
(a) She does not want to speak on her father's behalf.
(b) She knows nothing of the situation.
(c) She is afraid she will cause her father harm.
(d) She is in love with Christopher Unwin.

3. What is the name of Anna and Mompellion's child?
(a) Aphra.
(b) Anys.
(c) Elinor.
(d) Aisha.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Anna want to see before they die from the plague?

3. What punishment does Aphra receive from the villagers?

4. What business does the rector take care of before mourning Elinor's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Anys carrying when she runs at the rector with the knife? How does this spur her to murder Elinor?

8. What is revealed about Elinor's past? What is Anna's reaction?

9. 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?

10. What plan does the rector come up with to save the village? What is the reason for this action?

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