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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 is strange about Christopher Unwin's condition?
(a) He has the power to cure people with the plague.
(b) He is immune to the plague.
(c) He dies within minutes of getting the plague.
(d) He is recovering from the plague.

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

3. Why are the simplest tasks hard for Anna in the days after going into the mine?
(a) Because her father beat her.
(b) Because she is sore and bruised from her work in the mine.
(c) Because she has the plague.
(d) Because the cold freezes her limbs.

4. What does Aphra run at Anna with when Anna bursts in the door?
(a) A spider.
(b) A magic wand.
(c) A serpent.
(d) A hot poker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Aphra's child, Faith?

2. What do the rector and Anna see as they ride to the Gordon cottage?

3. What did the Mowbrays do to their infant to protect it from the plague?

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

5. What does Anna take from the Hadfields to help her sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What image of Elinor's death does the author convey? What might this symbolize or show about Anna's view of Elinor?

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

5. Why is Anna repulsed by the rector? How do you think this contributes to the choice of her final destination in the novel?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Anna take Anteros for a ride? What do you think this symbolizes?

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