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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna say they should not give Mary during her labor?

2. What is the main argument of the rector's sermon after the scene at the old mine?

3. Who says, "We all begin as naked children, playing in the mud"?

4. What method is used to save the first accused witch's life?

5. What does the Londoner tell the other diners during the Bradfords' dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood memories are brought up to Anna as she helps Mary? How does this affect her?

2. Who comes to visit the rector in the beginning of the novel? What does he/she want?

3. Why is Anna surprised when the rector comes upon her in the field? How does the rector react to this?

4. How does the relationship between Anna and George Viccars evolve?

5. What is Mem's condition after the incident with the crowd? Who takes care of her?

6. What happens to Maggie Cantwell? What question arises in Anna as she thinks of Maggie and her father?

7. Why does Anna go to Mary's house? How does Mary and Anna's job differ from that of Alexander's?

8. Who tries to help Anna as she takes care of Jamie? What does each of these acts show?

9. Why does Anna go to the tavern? Is she able to get what she needs?

10. What happened in Blackwell? What is Maggie Cantwell's condition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about all the tragic events Anna witnesses during the plague. Which of these, in your opinion, influenced her the most in forging her own life far away from the village and all the people she knows? Why? Explain in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Think about Elinor's past. Why do you think she tells Anna about this? What does the rector do to punish Elinor for these past transgressions? Does he regret it later? Why? How does Anna react to all of this?

Essay Topic 3

Think about Anna's adoration of her children. What does Aphra tell her about this? How are the tables turned later on in the book? Is Aphra's heart truly hardened, as Anna says? Be sure to use examples.

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