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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Anna think she sees when she tries to light a fire in the cottage?
(a) Anys Gowdie.
(b) Sam Frith.
(c) Mem Gowdie.
(d) Lib Hancock.

2. What conclusion does Anna come to about the plague after leaving the Mowbrays?
(a) The plague was sent to weed out the weak.
(b) The plague is neither God nor Devil, but nature.
(c) The plague is not the Devil or nature, but God.
(d) The plague is not nature or God, but the Devil.

3. What does Elinor carry in her arms during the Thanksgiving service?
(a) Apples.
(b) Children.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Seeds.

4. Why won't Aphra let Anna keep Faith until she recovers?
(a) She is afraid Anna will badmouth her to her child.
(b) She is afraid Anna has the plague and will give it to Faith.
(c) She is afraid Faith has the plague.
(d) She is afraid Anna will kill Faith in revenge.

5. What was the name of the boy who abandoned Elinor after convincing her to run away from home?
(a) Henry.
(b) Sam.
(c) Michael.
(d) Charles.

6. What service does Anna's father start up?
(a) Herb growing.
(b) Grave digging.
(c) Tailoring.
(d) Witchcraft.

7. What happens to Aphra at the Thanksgiving service?
(a) She turns the knife on herself.
(b) She runs into the woods.
(c) She cries and repents her devil worship.
(d) The armed woman murders her.

8. What punishment does Aphra receive from the villagers?
(a) She is sent to the stocks for a week.
(b) She is sent to live in isolation and banned from the town.
(c) She is burned at the stake.
(d) None; the rector says she had endured enough.

9. What disappointing decision does the rector tell the church members during his sermon that he delivers while exhausted?
(a) That they will be closing the church, service will be held outside.
(b) That the Bradfords have returned with medicine.
(c) That those who wish should flee from the plague.
(d) That he is stepping down as rector.

10. Whose cockerel does Anna see in her yard one morning?
(a) Andrew Merrick's.
(b) The rector's.
(c) Aphra's.
(d) Elinor's.

11. After Elinor tells Anna her secret, what do they spend the day doing?
(a) Researching herbs that will help them fight the plague.
(b) Winterizing the Gowdie garden.
(c) Taking poppy to forget their worries.
(d) Packing so that they may flee soon.

12. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?
(a) They are scornful.
(b) They are mean and vindictive.
(c) They turn them away.
(d) They are surprised and proud.

13. Why do Anna and Elinor go down into the Wickford mine?
(a) To save Merry Wickford, who is trapped there.
(b) To get lead for Merry.
(c) To find herbs that grow underground.
(d) To show that women can to men's work.

14. What do the rector and Anna see as they ride to the Gordon cottage?
(a) Jane Martin whipping John Gordon.
(b) Jane Martin and Albion Samweys copulating.
(c) Jane Martin and John Gordon praying.
(d) John Gordon whipping himself.

15. What does Anna try to do for the rector but is unable?
(a) Dress the rector.
(b) Cut the rector's hair.
(c) Persuade the rector to visit Elinor's grave.
(d) Shave the rector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what charge is Anna's father brought to trial?

2. What does Anna's father do to Christopher Unwin during the night?

3. What predicament was Elinor in after her lover abandoned her?

4. Where do they finally find John Gordon?

5. What business does the rector take care of before mourning Elinor's death?

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