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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. Why does Agnes go outside in the middle of the night in Part II?
(a) She hears feet outside her window.
(b) She hears her son’s cry.
(c) She thinks her husband has come home.
(d) She is sleepwalking.

2. What does Agnes make Mary promise her when Agnes thinks she is going to die after giving birth to twins?
(a) Make sure Joan does not raise her children.
(b) Give the children to Bartholomew.
(c) Make her son move back to Henley Street.
(d) Send her children to London.

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

4. What do the coworker of the artisan use to cushion the glass beads before shipping them off?
(a) Sand.
(b) Wood shavings.
(c) Sheets.
(d) Rags.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Susanna about to be at the start of Chapter 14?

2. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?

3. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?

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

5. What is the first animal to die on the cabin boy’s ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hamnet and Judith change places in Chapter 17, and what happens to Hamnet at the end?

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

3. What plan does Bartholomew come up with in Chapter 12 after Agnes tells of her husband’s changed mood?

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

5. What does Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Hamnet’s father worry about staying away from London for too long after his son’s funeral?

7. What visions does Agnes have regarding her husband’s life in London on his first visit after their son’s funeral when he gives her a bracelet?

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

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

10. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?

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