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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eliza and her brother find in the attic which upset their father?
(a) Old love letters.
(b) Boxes of unsold gloves.
(c) Money.
(d) Wool bales.

2. Who built the apartment in which Hamnet and his family live?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) A neighbor.

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

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

5. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) An innkeeper.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A government official.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Hamnet’s father tell him to stay clear of when he was in “one of his black humors”?

2. What is in the parcel the doctor gives them to tie around Judith’s stomach?

3. Where does Agnes go after dropping honey and herbs off at home without realizing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

4. When Hamnet returns home in Chapter 3 he is sure his mother will be there and will have given Judith what?

5. What flowers on her wedding crown does Eliza tell Agnes will match her dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Latin tutor’s father receive the news of Agnes’s pregnancy much calmer than his mother?

2. Who is the first person with whom the Latin tutor discusses his relationship with Agnes?

3. How does Joan react to Agnes’s pregnancy in Chapter 4, and how does Bartholomew respond?

4. What does Susanna feel about her mother, according to the description in Chapter 3?

5. Who is Ned?

6. What sign of Agnes’s mother appears to her at the wedding?

7. Describe Hamnet’s encounter with his drunk grandfather in Chapter 1 when he is searching for help with his sister.

8. Where does Agnes sleep until the wedding?

9. What is Agnes doing at Hewlands while Hamnet searches for help for his sister?

10. What does the physician’s wife ask Hamnet when he goes to her house searching for her husband, and how does she react?

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