Midwife's Apprentice

What name did the apprentice NOT have throughout the book?

• Brat

• Beetle

• Hornet

• Alyce

Where did the apprentice sleep at the beginning of the book?

• park bench

• In her bed

• dung heap

What does Alyce call the Midwife?

• Jane Sharp

• Jennet

• Joan

How does Alyce convince the midwife to take her back?

• She tells her she will try, take risks, try again, and never run away again.

• She shows her everything she's learned.

• She pays her.

How does Alyce respond to finding the boy?

• She feeds him, protects him, and gives him a new name.

• She taunts him and bullies him like the village boys.

• She feeds him, but tells him he must never come to the village again.

• She gives him work as a midwife's apprentice's apprentice.

Who does Emma Blunt want to deliver her baby in Chapter 11?

• Jane the midwife

• Alyce the midwife's apprentice

• her sister Joan, the bailiff's wife

• nobody

Why does Alyce run away in Chapter 11?

• She feels like a failure because she could not deliver Emma Blunt's baby.

• She feels like a failure because she caused Emma Blunt's baby to die in birth.

• She is ready to move on to a new adventure.

• She and the cat are going to open their own midwife's cottage in the village over.

In Chapter 13, what does Will tell Alyce?

• He tells her that she is brave and has common sense.

• He tells her that she is a failure.

• He tells her that the midwife knows everything.

• He tells her that she was a bad midwife's apprentice.

Why does the midwife say Alyce was not what she needed on page 88?

• Because she failed.

• Because she was greedy.

• Because she gave up.

• Because she was not smart.

Who saves Beetle from the boys taunting her?

• the midwife

• her mother

• the cat

• an old man