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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 2 & 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is drunk and spills ale on his paperwork in Chapter 1?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) John.
(c) Edmond.
(d) Hamnet.

2. Why does John believe Hamnet will take over the glove business?
(a) Because he is good at glove making.
(b) Because he is business savvy.
(c) Because he is a boy.
(d) Because he is very smart.

3. When Hamnet returns home in Chapter 3 he is sure his mother will be there and will have given Judith what?
(a) Her healing hugs.
(b) One of her magic tinctures.
(c) A bath.
(d) Medicine from the physician.

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

5. What food is Judith’s father purchasing while Judith is sick in bed in Chapter 1?
(a) Griddle cakes.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Goose.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Agnes’s father marry after her mother dies?

2. What has the tutor heard of the eldest daughter at Hewlands?

3. What does the physicians wife ask Hamnet if Judith has before pushing him away?

4. Agnes vows she will leave Hewlands when she finds this, which she got from her mother.

5. What smouldering herb does Agnes wave around the beehive in Chapter 1?

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