The Apprentice Midwife Ch.1-5

In the beginning of the story, approximately how old in Brat?

• ten or eleven

• eleven or twelve

• twelve or thirteen

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What memories does Brat have of her early childhood?

• She has no memories at all.

• She remembers her mothers singing

• She remembers a warm cottage, but no mother.

What does Brat do when she goes with the midwife to a birth?

• She waits outside the house.

• She helps the midwife get herbs and medicine to the laboring women.

• She discusses the midwifes price.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

How does Brat think the woman in the starched wimple looks when she first meets her?

• cruel

• important

• kind

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Why does the midwife change Brat's name to Beetle?

• because Brat reminds her of a burrowing dung beetle

• because Brat scurries across the barn like a beetle

• because she as tough as a dung beetles shell

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why doesn't Beetle leave bread and cheese for the cat more often?

• because the cat is not in the neighborhood very often

• because the cats owner doesn't want other people feeding it

• because Beetle rarely has enough food even for herself

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What do the village boys do to the cat?

• They make him race across the river with an eel to see who can swim faster.

• They put him in a sack with an eel and throw him into the river.

• They put him in a sack with Beetle and throw him in the river.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What does Beetle do on Lady Day?

• She must work as she does every day.

• She is allowed to rest, and she gets extra cheese and bread.

• She goes to the fair with the midwife.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What are 2 reasons for Jane's having chosen to become a midwife?

• She was an apprentice in her youth, and she has given birth to her 6 children.

• She goes to mass every Sunday, and the village is willing to pay for her training.

• She has strong hands, and clean finger nails.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What two things curse her life, and keep Beetle moving on?

• hunger and cold

• hunger and the teasing boys

• the need for a good job and a good bath

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4