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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part 2, Anno 1661, Actatis Suae 17, Cambridge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What love does Bethia describe?
(a) Love for her dog.
(b) Love of the island.
(c) Love for the preacher's boy.
(d) Love for her brother.

2. How does Bethia address the woman who waits on her and her father?
(a) As Elder Mother.
(b) She does not talk to her as that would be disrespectful.
(c) As Grandmother.
(d) In the Wampanoag language.

3. Why does Bethia say she is so tired in Chapter 11?
(a) From lying awake for several nights writing her confession.
(b) She does not know why she is so tired.
(c) From doing her mother's work as well as her own.
(d) From running back and forth between the fields and the kitchen.

4. Why does Bethia say she will continue to do what she has been doing?
(a) She thinks the rights of the Native population are being denied.
(b) In order to understand herself better.
(c) So she can remain independent.
(d) Her younger sister is a little bit of an hysteric.

5. What is Takemmy?
(a) The name of the beach where the Mayfield's live.
(b) The Wampanoag settlement where Bethia and her father go.
(c) The name of the woods where Bethia likes to roam.
(d) The name of the stream that runs the mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bethia see what happens with the whale?

2. Who is Noah Merry?

3. What seems strange to Bethia about the tension between Makepeace and his father?

4. What is a pawaaw?

5. Who is Tequamuck?

(see the answer key)

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