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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?
2. What happens when the glass maker returns to Murano after the cabin boy helped him with his boxes?
3. How old is Susanna about to be at the start of Chapter 14?
4. What member of Agnes’s family ends up handling the box of glass beads and rags from Murano?
5. What do the ship men do with the cats after they die on the cabin boy’s ship in Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?
2. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?
3. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?
4. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
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 Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?
8. Why is it not possible for Agnes and her family to move to London after the twins were born?
9. What signifies to Agnes that she is pregnant again in Chapter 12, and what meaning does this have?
10. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the ending of Hamnet. How do you think this ending ties the story together and reflects the themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting the families of Agnes and her husband. How do these differences play out in the storyline?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.
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