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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. Who does Colonel Bradford insult during this interaction with the rector?
(a) Rector Mompellion and his wife.
(b) Anna and her sons.
(c) Maggie Cantwell.
(d) Anys and Mem Gowdie.

2. How long has the rector lived in the village?
(a) His whole life.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

3. What altercation does Anna get into with her father at the tavern?
(a) Her father insults the rector's plan; Anna retorts.
(b) Anna's father denounces her.
(c) Anna calls her father a drunken idiot.
(d) Anna accuses her father of murdering her mother.

4. What ultimately happens to Maggie Cantwell?
(a) She dies from her injuries and from the stroke.
(b) She dies from the plague and is buried.
(c) She ends up living in the orchard alone.
(d) She moves around the village, offering medicine and curing the plague.

5. How did Sam die?
(a) From the plague.
(b) In a mining accident.
(c) In a riding accident.
(d) From the flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?

2. Where does Maggie Cantwell go after the Bradfords throw her out?

3. What is the rector's attitude as he begins his sermon after the scene at the old mine?

4. What evidence does Mary Hadfield have to accuse the victim of witchcraft?

5. What happens to Edward Cooper after he plays in the wood pile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the condition of the rector in the beginning of the novel?

2. Who comes to visit the rector in the beginning of the novel? What does he/she want?

3. What does Anna do at the Bradfords'? How does she unwittingly cause a stir?

4. Who comes and stops the crowd during the witch frenzy? How is he/she able to shame them into repentance?

5. Why does Anna go to the tavern? Is she able to get what she needs?

6. What is Anna ashamed of in her relationship with Anys? How has this changed?

7. What is the rector's religious explanation for the plague?

8. Why does Anna go to Mary's house? How does Mary and Anna's job differ from that of Alexander's?

9. What does the rector say the plague-stricken villagers should do? How does this differ from the rest of the group?

10. Why is Anna surprised when the rector comes upon her in the field? How does the rector react to this?

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