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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. What shift takes place that Jane does not notice?
(a) The villagers begin to ask Alyce questions instead of Jane.
(b) The season changes from spring to summer.
(c) The villagers begin to distrust Jane.
(d) Jane becomes increasingly tired, and this begins to affect her duties.

2. Why does Beetle grow suspicious of Jane's actions in Chapter 4?
(a) Jane doesn't do the chores she says she is leaving to do.
(b) Jane looks nervous everytime she tells Beetle where she is going.
(c) Jane always returns home very happy.
(d) Jane often sneaks out at odd hours of the night.

3. What is the name of the road where the tracks are supposed to have been seen in Chapter 7?
(a) Old East Lane.
(b) Old South Bend.
(c) Old North Road.
(d) Old West Court.

4. What is the only name that the protagonist is known by when the novel begins?
(a) Brat.
(b) Bug.
(c) Dummy.
(d) Grub.

5. In what does Beetle see her reflection in Chapter 5?
(a) A horse's trough.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A well.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beetle realize about giving birth?

2. What does a cow give birth to in Chapter 7?

3. What does the woman call the protagonist by the end of Chapter 1?

4. What does a man ask Beetle to do when he believes she is someone else in Chapter 5?

5. How many children has the midwife had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item catches Beetle's eye at the fair?

2. What does Beetle do when Jane is delivering babies?

3. What happens one day while Alyce is telling Purr about the delivery of the twin calves?

4. In Chapter 7, what do the 'Devil's footprints' lead the villagers to on Old North Road?

5. What accident does Jane have in Chapter 5? What does she make Beetle do as a result?

6. What is discovered in the village one morning in Chapter 7?

7. What does Alyce offer the cat in Chapter 6?

8. What happens when the village boys chase Alyce in Chapter 6?

9. What does Beetle discover and is ordered to keep secret in Chapter 4?

10. After helping Will deliver the calves, what changes for Alyce in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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