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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals were Hamnet and his sister playing with when she first complained of a headache?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Birds.

2. Who entered Hewlands and stopped Joan from hitting Agnes when she discovered she was pregnant?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Eliza.
(c) John.
(d) The Latin tutor.

3. What view from the window at Hewlands is described at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) The town.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The forest.
(d) The garden.

4. What does Agnes’s mother call her garden?
(a) The heavenly sanctuary.
(b) The healer’s haven.
(c) The witch’s garden.
(d) The fairy garden.

5. Why did the tutor need his parent’s permission to marry Agnes?
(a) Because of his young age.
(b) Because they were in debt to Agnes’s family.
(c) Because they were controlling.
(d) Because all marriages required parental permission back then.

6. Why does the doctor refuse to come in the house when Judith is sick in Chapter 9?
(a) John owes him money.
(b) He does not like Mary.
(c) He is afraid Agnes is a witch.
(d) He fears getting sick.

7. Whose initial calmness in regards to Agnes’s pregnancy surprised the tutor in Chapter 4?
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Eliza.

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

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

10. How did Mary react when her son told her that he was the father of Agnes’s baby?
(a) She stormed out of the parlor.
(b) She beat him with her fists.
(c) She hugged Agnes.
(d) She got on her knees and prayed.

11. In what part of Hewlands do Agnes and the tutor first kiss in Chapter 2?
(a) The cookhouse.
(b) Her chamber.
(c) The apple store.
(d) The forest.

12. What is the shape of the apartment Agnes and her husband move in to?
(a) An A.
(b) A triangle.
(c) A T.
(d) An H.

13. What did John ask his son when they were alone after Agnes’s pregnancy was revealed?
(a) If he has impregnated anyone else.
(b) Why he wanted to marry that witch.
(c) If he knew what a responsibility parenthood was.
(d) If he really was the father.

14. What color is Agnes’s wedding dress?
(a) Primrose.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Rose.
(d) Cream.

15. What does the tutor see a young woman holding as he peers out the window at Hewlands?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A beehive.
(d) A broom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Agnes feel she falls in the hierarchy of her husband’s family when they first move in?

2. Who was Hewlands left to after Agnes’s father died?

3. What happens at her wedding after Agnes silently asks her mother to show her presence?

4. What did Eliza and her brother find in the attic which upset their father?

5. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she sees him holding hands with Agnes in Chapter 4?

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