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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alyce afraid Jane is telling Reese when she sees them talking to each other?
(a) Not to socialize with Alyce.
(b) All about Alyce's past as a dung beetle.
(c) Tips and hints of midwifery.
(d) How stupid Alyce is.

2. How is John Dark described?
(a) As being rude and rather eccentric.
(b) As being almost blind.
(c) As being short and stout.
(d) As being kind and jolly.

3. How does Alyce feel about seeing Will in Chapter 13?
(a) She is thrilled.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is terrified.
(d) She is confused.

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

5. What does Alyce believe of the boy's new plan in Chapter 10?
(a) It will ensure that he is fed and housed everyday.
(b) It will be easier than sleeping with the cows in the village.
(c) It will allow them to be friends.
(d) It will teach him how to behave in public.

6. What job does Alyce do in Chapter 12?
(a) She gardens.
(b) She sews garments.
(c) She cleans the chimney.
(d) She works in a kitchen.

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

8. What does Alyce tell the boys that the thing she is threatening them with will do?
(a) Make the boys act like women.
(b) Give them a disease.
(c) Burn their nose hairs.
(d) Poke their eyes out.

9. How does Edward react when he sees Alyce again in Chapter 15?
(a) He is scared and assumes he has done something wrong.
(b) He is confused and forgets who she is for a moment.
(c) He is thrilled and hugs her tightly.
(d) He is indifferent and shakes her hand coldly.

10. What is Will's surname?
(a) Grey.
(b) Barry.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Russet.

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

12. Why does Jane go to the manor in Chapter 9?
(a) To pick up some supplies.
(b) To try to get a job.
(c) To assist Lady Agnes who is in labor.
(d) To meet an old friend.

13. What is Jane actually talking to Reese about?
(a) Jane's beliefs when it comes to being a midwife.
(b) Reese's studies.
(c) The best dishes on the menu.
(d) The weather.

14. What does Jane tell Alyce about Joan's child?
(a) Joan does not want the baby.
(b) It will die.
(c) It is a girl.
(d) It baby was stillborn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the boy choose the name Edward?

2. What does Reese think is the true miracle of the day in Chapter 16?

3. Why does Jane become angry in Chapter 11?

4. Who is Joan?

5. What is the name of the woman who is giving birth in Chapter 11?

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