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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alyce learn about Jane at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) That Jane is scared of spiders.
(b) That Jane is skilled at what she does.
(c) That Jane is carrying around a dark secret.
(d) That Jane learned midwifery from her mother.

2. Why does Beetle call the miller's wife a cow?
(a) The miller's wife was mean to the cat.
(b) It is what she has heard Jane do in such circumstances.
(c) The miller's wife stole her eggs.
(d) Beetle admires the miller's wife and calls her a cow as a compliment.

3. What does Alyce tell Purr about at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The birth she helped Will with.
(b) Her friendship with Jane.
(c) The changing weather.
(d) Her past.

4. Why does Beetle become fearful of the miller's wife in Chapter 4?
(a) The miller's wife laughs loudly at everyone who comes near.
(b) The miller's wife cries whenever her husband enters the room.
(c) The miller's wife becomes very drunk.
(d) The miller's wife begins shouting and throwing things.

5. Whom does Alyce tell the boy to use as a reference in Chapter 10?
(a) Jane.
(b) The baker.
(c) Alyce.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beetle take to the cat at the end of Chapter 2?

2. Why does Alyce decide that the cat should have a name in Chapter 6?

3. Why do the villagers comment on Alyce's insanity in Chapter 6?

4. What does the boy do when he is discovered by Alyce?

5. What does Will do that makes Alyce feel shy in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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