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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Press of Their Ghosts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition is Maggie in when Anna leaves the tavern and sees her?
(a) She has worsened, and appears to have had another stroke.
(b) She is even better; her medicine has cured a child.
(c) She has worsened; the plague has ravaged her body.
(d) She is in despair; no one will let her stay with them.

2. What question does Anna ask herself while sitting with Maggie?
(a) Why a good person like Maggie suffers while her father wastes away in his drunkenness.
(b) Why Maggie has to die of the plague; she always lived so healthfully.
(c) Why Maggie was able to save a child, but not hers.
(d) Why a good person like Maggie cannot find a place to live.

3. How does Jamie help Anna in the field?
(a) He counts the lambs for Anna.
(b) He watches his baby brother.
(c) He doesn't help her.
(d) He reaches inside and helps the ewe give birth.

4. What were Edward and Jamie playing with in the wood pile?
(a) Rotten wood.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Dead rats.

5. What happens to Edward Cooper after he plays in the wood pile?
(a) He goes into a coma.
(b) He dies.
(c) He only has a fever, and follows the doctor's orders.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came back with Maggie when she returned to the village?

2. What happens to Anna as her father puts his hands on her at the tavern?

3. What does Anna try to give Maggie to make her feel better when Maggie comes back?

4. What are Mary and Anna doing at the Hadfield residence in the chapter 'Rat-Fall'?

5. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?

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