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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 the rector convince Jakob Merill to leave his house to?
(a) Anna's father.
(b) Elinor Mompellion.
(c) Anna.
(d) Brand Rigney.

2. What does John Gordon begin to do to try to ward off the plague?
(a) He begins to pray at plague stricken bedsides.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He renounces all religion and becomes an atheist.
(d) He becomes a flagellant.

3. What does Anna notice about the will that the rector drew up for Jakob Merrill?
(a) He has actually left the house to his neighbor.
(b) The will is in Latin.
(c) The rector cannot write properlyf
(d) He has forgotten the date and also wrote in the wrong name once.

4. What does Anna's father do to Christopher Unwin during the night?
(a) Tries to infect him with the plague.
(b) Accuses Christopher of starting the plague.
(c) Challenges him to a duel.
(d) Tries to bury him.

5. What new plan does the rector want the townspeople to undertake?
(a) Burn all their possessions that may carry the plague.
(b) Cut all their hair and burn it.
(c) Burn down all their houses and start again.
(d) Commit mass suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?

2. What was in the pot the Mowbrays were boiling?

3. How does Anna save the illegitimate baby's life?

4. What deal does Anna make with her father in return for his service digging graves?

5. What is the reaction of the other miners when Elinor and Anna go to the miner's tavern?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna take to help her sleep? How does it work? How is it dangerous?

2. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?

3. What is Anys carrying when she runs at the rector with the knife? How does this spur her to murder Elinor?

4. What makes Anna even angrier as she leaves the Mowbrays'? What conclusion does she consider as a result of this?

5. What color do the rector and Elinor wear to the Thanksgiving ceremony? What might this symbolize?

6. What image of Elinor's death does the author convey? What might this symbolize or show about Anna's view of Elinor?

7. Why does Anna take Anteros for a ride? What do you think this symbolizes?

8. Why do the rector and Anna visit her father? Does anything come from this visit? Explain.

9. What plan does the rector come up with to save the village? What is the reason for this action?

10. What path has John Gordon taken? How does he meet his end?

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