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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 4 & 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susanna imagine other mothers are doing while her mother is out “gathering weeds...muddying her boots” (53)?
(a) Washing their children’s muddied clothing.
(b) Mending clothes.
(c) Feeding their children bread and stew.
(d) Scrubbing floors.

2. For what was John fined and ultimately shunned from the community?
(a) Not attending church.
(b) Public drunkenness.
(c) Making counterfeit goods.
(d) Stealing.

3. Who enters at the end of Chapter 3 and commands Susanna help with dinner?
(a) Susanna’s father.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Agnes.

4. What symptoms does Hamnet feel at that start of Chapter 5?
(a) A stomach ache and cold sweats.
(b) A swollen tongue and trouble swallowing.
(c) Vomiting and diarrhea.
(d) A fever and buboes.

5. What does Hamnet notice on Judith’s neck after he returns to her chamber in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue-green Bruises.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Oval shaped swelling.
(d) Tiny red blotches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eliza and Anne’s brother teach them how to read?

2. While Judith is in bed hallucinating, why is the maid taking so long to buy the milk?

3. What does Agnes do while Bartholomew and Joan are still discussing Agnes’s pregnancy?

4. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?

5. With what object does Hamnet get hit on the head with in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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