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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Judith.
(b) Edmond.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Hamnet’s father.

2. Why does Agnes’s husband say he will not be able to come home until after winter?
(a) He hates leaving in the cold.
(b) He has too much work.
(c) He has been sick.
(d) The roads are too bad.

3. What is the first animal to die on the cabin boy’s ship?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A rat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

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

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

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

7. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) His wife’s strange behavior.
(b) Him moving to London.
(c) Him having more children.
(d) His lack of work.

8. What does Judith tell Agnes when she finds her making Hamnet's shroud in Part II?
(a) That she refuses to live without him.
(b) That it is Agnes’s fault for not being home.
(c) That she hates her father for not being there.
(d) That his death was her fault.

9. What is Judith doing when she sees her father walking down Henley Street in Part II?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Washing clothes.
(c) Playing with kitten.
(d) Playing with Edmond’s dog.

10. Chapter 11 describes the events that needed to take place in order for the pestilence to reach where in 1596?
(a) The Hewlands.
(b) Warwickshire, England.
(c) Oxford, England.
(d) London, England.

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

12. Who is sent to Hewlands to look for Agnes in Chapter 10 while she is in labor?
(a) Eliza.
(b) John.
(c) Ned.
(d) Edmond.

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

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

15. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?
(a) She spends most of her time at Hewlands.
(b) She keeps busy so as not to focus on her loss.
(c) She is depressed and cannot cook or clean.
(d) She becomes angry at everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Agnes go to birth her child in Chapter 10?

2. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?

3. What does Agnes notice about Hamnet when she wakes in Chapter 17?

4. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he is going to by land to bring in “good rent” at the end of Chapter 16?

5. Who does Eliza write to to tell about Judith’s declining health?

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