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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days pass before Beetle sees the cat alive and well again in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Alyce give Jane all of the payments she receives?

3. What does Beetle conclude about her appearance in Chapter 5?

4. How does she tell the cat her story at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What is there an abundance of in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Beetle able to enjoy the fair so much in Chapter 5?

3. What does Beetle find the village boys doing when she goes to feed the cat in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. Where does Beetle take the injured cat to recover in Chapter 2? After it is recovered, what does she tell the cat about?

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

8. What does Brat do for the woman in Chapter 1, and what does she receive in return?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss conflict in the novel "The Midwife's Apprentice." Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts alter or influence the plot and the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to Alyce? What is their role in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of greed in the novel. Who is greedy and why? How does this character show his or her greed? How do the other characters react to his or her greed?

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