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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 - Part 2, Anno 1661, Actatis Suae 17, Cambridge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bethia's father choose some particular passages from the Bible to read when Caleb is introduced?
(a) They are merely the passages appointed for the day and have no connection to Caleb's arrival.
(b) To demonstrate why Caleb should be welcomed.
(c) To have Caleb read some scripture which he knows thoroughly.
(d) To show his parishioners how liberal minded he is.

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

3. Why does Bethia not know what will happen to her?
(a) Because her father is negotiating with two families for her hand in marriage.
(b) Because she is not sure if anyone knows she sipped from the gourd.
(c) Because of Caleb's arrival.
(d) Because she is now responsible for her baby sister.

4. What does Bethia pretend when she is with her father?
(a) She would love some linen to make a dress.
(b) She wants to marry her brother's friend.
(c) She believes her cousin will get well.
(d) She does not speak the language of the Wampanoag.

5. What does Bethia wonder about what the sonquem asks?
(a) If perhaps Bethia will be able to see Caleb again.
(b) If the sonquem would have recovered no matter what.
(c) If her father would oppose a marriage to Caleb.
(d) If Makepeace is smart enough to learn the language of the Wampanoag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bethia envious of Makepeace?

2. How does Bethia address the woman who waits on her and her father?

3. What happens to the Indian community to which Tequamuck belongs?

4. What does Caleb's "real" name mean?

5. How does Bethia resolve to tell her story?

(see the answer key)

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