Quiz 4/28 -- Alyce + R and E Practice (Not available online.) Record the following: "pink" sheet score (/11 + /11 = /22), your score on the Alyce quiz (/8), and extra credit for the week (cross out 6/keep 12). (/20)
YOU DON'T NEED TO WRITE OUT THE ANSWERS TO THE MC QUESTIONS. YOU MAY JUST PUT THE (CAPITAL) LETTER.
  1. What prompted Alyce's first smile? a) delivering Alyce Little.  b) The compliment from the merchant.  c) The compliment from the bailiff. d) Helping Will deliver Tansy's calves.
  2. True/False. After she proved herself by delivering Alyce Little, the midwife started to let Alyce watch and learn, and finally be a real apprentice.
  3. What does Alyce say she has to do for Runt before she can find him a place to stay?
  4. How does Runt help us figure out when this story takes place? (between 1272 and 1307)
  5. Why does Mrs. Blunt ask for Alyce, instead of the midwife?
  6. What turns out to be the reason Emma Blunt's baby wasn't coming out? a) Alyce wasn't using the right herbs and potions.  b) The baby was in the wrong position.  c) Alyce didn't shake her hard enough.  d) The baby just didn't want to come out.
  7. The real reason Alyce leaves is that she can't... a) cope.  b) cry.  c) help the midwife any more. d) take the midwife's treatment of her any more. e) take the insults she knows she's going to get.
Mental Floss
  1. I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?
  2. In Roman numerals, five is V and eleven is XI. What is the numeral for nineteen?
  3. Wacky Wordy. What phrase is this?
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