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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment does Anna compare the plague to?
(a) Time out.
(b) Drawing and quartering.
(c) Lashing and pickling.
(d) Starvation.

2. Who is integral to the rector's plan for the village?
(a) The earl of Chatsworth.
(b) Colonel Bradford.
(c) Anna Frith.
(d) Anys Gowdie.

3. What does Anna do for the Bradfords?
(a) Cleans daily.
(b) Serves during parties.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Does field work.

4. Why does Maggie Cantwell come for Anna's help?
(a) The Bradfords are leaving; she needs help getting her things.
(b) She has come looking for George.
(c) She has traveled to the village to help Anna, and needs a place to stay.
(d) She is accused of being a witch and needs somewhere to hide.

5. What does Anna discover about the baby still inside Mary Daniel?
(a) The baby is backwards.
(b) There is no baby.
(c) The baby is deformed.
(d) The baby is dead.

6. What does the rector tell Anna to say to the visitor demanding to see him?
(a) That he will see them another time.
(b) To go to hell.
(c) To come in.
(d) To come back later.

7. What happens to Tom soon after news of Edward?
(a) He grows big and strong.
(b) He dies.
(c) He catches a fever, but lives.
(d) He becomes deaf.

8. Who comes to talk to the Bradfords while they are packing?
(a) Sam Frith.
(b) Rector Mompellion.
(c) Mary Hadfield.
(d) Elinor Mompellion.

9. Who is Anna referring to in this sentence? "She was a shrewd woman, in spite of all her superstitious fancies."
(a) Anys Gowdie.
(b) Mary Hadfield.
(c) Her stepmother.
(d) Elinor Mompellion.

10. Why does Anna happen to be in the field where the crowd gathers?
(a) The rector wants to meet her there.
(b) She hears there is a witch in the village and runs to meet them.
(c) She is tending to her sheep.
(d) She goes there to think about Sam.

11. Why does Anna walk through the orchard instead of the road on her way home?
(a) She wants to pick some apples for herself.
(b) The road is dark and dangerous.
(c) She doesn't want to meet people on the road.
(d) The orchard is faster.

12. What did George tell Anna to do with his possessions?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Throw them away.
(c) Burn them all.
(d) Bury them with him.

13. Why does the rector grab Anna's arm when she reaches for the Bible?
(a) Because she tries to hit him.
(b) Becuase she is unstable.
(c) So that the Bible will fall to the floor.
(d) Because she needs help getting up.

14. What did Anna and her friends call Anys when they were children?
(a) Cow and grass-eater.
(b) An idiot.
(c) A horse.
(d) A witch.

15. Why does Anna run home after the dinner party at the Bradfords?
(a) To tell her husband the news.
(b) To get there before the young Martin girl left.
(c) To check on her children.
(d) To check something on the stove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was strange about the autumn?

2. Who carries Mr. Viccars' body downstairs?

3. What were Edward and Jamie playing with in the wood pile?

4. Why doesn't any of the murderous mob get prosecuted for their actions?

5. Who is Sam?

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