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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. Where is Elinor buried?
(a) Her body is burned.
(b) In the churchyard.
(c) Near the mine.
(d) At the Delf.

2. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?
(a) She becomes a recluse.
(b) She becomes promiscuous.
(c) She changes religion.
(d) She becomes extremely devout.

3. Whose cockerel does Anna see in her yard one morning?
(a) The rector's.
(b) Aphra's.
(c) Elinor's.
(d) Andrew Merrick's.

4. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?
(a) That the rector is sick.
(b) That she takes poppy every night so that she may sleep.
(c) That she is getting ready to flee.
(d) That she had been with child once.

5. Whom does Anna want to see before they die from the plague?
(a) Elinor Mompellion, her mentor.
(b) Anys Gowdie, her friend.
(c) Lib Hancock, her oldest friend.
(d) Sam Frith, her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappointing decision does the rector tell the church members during his sermon that he delivers while exhausted?

2. What does Anna try to do for the rector but is unable?

3. Why are the simplest tasks hard for Anna in the days after going into the mine?

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

5. What does Anna notice about the will that the rector drew up for Jakob Merrill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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