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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is delivered to the inn in Chapter 13?
(a) Meat.
(b) Wine.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Milk.

2. What does the wealthy man declare Alyce to be in Chapter 16?
(a) A saint.
(b) A thief.
(c) A liar.
(d) A sinner.

3. Who is Joan?
(a) The preacher's wife.
(b) The milkman's wife.
(c) The baker's wife.
(d) The bailiff's wife.

4. Whom does the boy decide to name himself after when he discovers that 'Alyce' is a girl's name?
(a) The King.
(b) One of the village boys.
(c) His father.
(d) A cow.

5. What does Alyce worry about in Chapter 13?
(a) If she will ever get married and have children.
(b) If Jane is doing alright without her help.
(c) If she really helped Edward after all.
(d) If she will ever know where she came from.

6. Who is in labor in Chapter 11?
(a) Alyce's cousin.
(b) Will's mother.
(c) Joan's sister.
(d) Jane's friend.

7. Why does Alyce send for Jane during the labor in Chapter 11?
(a) Alyce needs some medicine that she does not have with her.
(b) Alyce is injured and cannot help the woman in labor.
(c) Alyce is unable to assist the woman giving birth.
(d) The woman in labor asks for Jane.

8. What does Edward tell Alyce about as they drift off to sleep in Chapter 15?
(a) A dream he had th night before.
(b) His pet hen.
(c) His life at the manor.
(d) His life before meeting Alyce.

9. How does Jane arrive when Alyce sends for her in Chapter 11?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Happily.
(d) Triumphantly.

10. Why does Jane become angry in Chapter 11?
(a) Someone wants Alyce to be their midwife instead of Jane.
(b) Alyce drops an important ointment all over the floor.
(c) Alyce forgets to wake Jane up at a certain time.
(d) Jane burns her throat on some soup Alyce makes.

11. Why does Alyce hide under the staircase in Chapter 16?
(a) She does not want to help the rich folk.
(b) She is afraid of the wealthy man.
(c) She thinks there will be an earthquake.
(d) She is afraid to get involved with the childbirth.

12. What does Joan name her child?
(a) Alyce Little.
(b) Jane Little.
(c) Baby Little.
(d) Joan Little.

13. Whom is Alyce visiting when she discovers a boy sleeping in some hay?
(a) Tansy.
(b) The baker.
(c) Lady Agnes.
(d) Joan.

14. What does the wealthy husband think his wife is suffering from at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A stomach worm.
(b) Indigestion.
(c) A ruptured disc.
(d) An ulcer.

15. Why does the boy choose the name Edward?
(a) It is the cow's name.
(b) It is the King's name.
(c) It is his father's name.
(d) It is a village boy's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys think Alyce is threatening them with in Chapter 9?

2. What does Alyce dream about at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What does Alyce do when Jane arrives at the birth in Chapter 11?

4. What job does Alyce do in Chapter 12?

5. Why does Alyce take the back roads to the manor?

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