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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 does Agnes try to do in Hamnet’s room at night in Part II but is unsuccessful?
(a) Burn his bedding.
(b) Put away his pallet.
(c) Pack his things.
(d) Summon his spirit.

2. What expensive item does Agnes’s husband give to her on his visit in Part II?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A ring.

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

4. Who finds Agnes while she is on her way to the forest to give birth in Chapter 116?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Gilbert.

5. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?
(a) She is breathing.
(b) She moves slightly.
(c) She feels her heart beat.
(d) Her hand is warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 11 describes the events that needed to take place in order for the pestilence to reach where in 1596?

2. Why does Mary not want to leave Agnes alone at the end of her pregnancy in Chapter 16?

3. What insect comes between Agnes’s brother and husband allowing her husband to free himself from Bartholomew’s grasp in Chapter 10?

4. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?

5. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

2. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

3. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?

4. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?

5. Why is there a bit of a rush to bury Hamnet after his death?

6. What moment sets Agnes in tears while she is sewing her son’s burial shroud?

7. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?

8. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?

9. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?

10. Why does Agnes leave her apartment early in the morning at the start of Chapter 10?

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