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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?
(a) Judith is in poor health.
(b) They cannot afford a home for them all.
(c) Susanna is in poor health.
(d) Agnes comes to like Henley Street.

2. What animal catches the cabin boy’s attention after he leaves the ship in Chapter 11?
(a) A dog.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A cat.
(d) A squirrel.

3. What does Hamnet see in his dream when he is ill in Chapter 17?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) A rowan tree.
(c) Snow.
(d) His father.

4. What Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Macbeth.

5. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he wants to buy a house for the family?
(a) Stratford.
(b) Kent.
(c) Oxford.
(d) London.

6. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?
(a) John.
(b) Edmond.
(c) Mary.
(d) Judith.

7. What does Mary tell Agnes she must do to her son after he is born because she did it to her sons and they all grew to be strong?
(a) Nurse him.
(b) Sing to him.
(c) Rock him.
(d) Swaddle him.

8. After the animal climbs on the boy, what does his owner try to demand from the cabin boy?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothing.
(d) To take the animal.

9. How old is Susanna about to be at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

10. What do the ship men do with the cats after they die on the cabin boy’s ship in Chapter 11?
(a) Feed them to the rats.
(b) Throw them overboard.
(c) Leave them alone.
(d) Pack them into crates.

11. What is the name of the market Agnes stops at in the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Richard.
(b) Rother.
(c) Henley.
(d) Stratford.

12. What does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?
(a) The couch.
(b) A door laid across two barrels.
(c) The table.
(d) A pallet on the floor.

13. What did the women do to the bedding after Hamnet died?
(a) Left it where is was.
(b) Folded it and boxed it up.
(c) Gave it to a neighbor.
(d) Burnt it.

14. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?
(a) Murano.
(b) London.
(c) Venice.
(d) Ragusa.

15. What year is it at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1583.
(c) 1683.
(d) 1483.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?

2. What does the animal the cabin boy encountered leave on his body before his owner jerks him away?

3. What does Judith tell Agnes when she finds her making Hamnet's shroud in Part II?

4. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?

5. Who is the person who is certain where Agnes has gone to give birth in chapter 10?

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