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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. Where does Beetle often sit while a birth is taking place?
(a) In the outhouse.
(b) Under a table.
(c) In a cupboard.
(d) Outside.

2. What is there an abundance of in Chapter 4?
(a) Ale.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

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

4. Where is Will stuck when Alyce finds him in Chapter 8?
(a) In the gully.
(b) Underneath the bridge.
(c) In a shack.
(d) Under a large log.

5. What does Will teach Alyce to do in Chapter 8?
(a) How to pray.
(b) How to sing.
(c) How to thank someone.
(d) How to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the midwife sometimes refuse to help an expectant mother?

2. How would one describe the midwife?

3. Why does Jane slap the miller's wife in Chapter 4?

4. Who is married with thirteen children in Chapter 4?

5. How many children has the midwife had?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Brat dream while she sleeps?

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

3. What is there a strange abundance of in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 8, What does Will instruct Alyce to do to help the cow deliver? Why is Will especially pleased when the delivery is over?

5. What does Beetle say to the injured cat when she takes it from the sack in Chapter 2?

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

7. What does Beetle do when the miller drags her to deliver his wife's baby?

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

9. How has Jane earned her position as midwife to the village?

10. How is the miller punished for stealing from his customers in Chapter 7?

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