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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. Who is Caleb?
(a) The preacher.
(b) The Mayfield groom.
(c) Bethia's oldest brother.
(d) A native American young man.

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

3. By tradition, what generally happens to a beached whale?
(a) It is shared among all the occupants of the island.
(b) There has never been a beached whale before.
(c) It belongs to the Wampanoag.
(d) Two men from the two groups have a friendly wrestling match to win rights to the whale.

4. What has the sonquem asked of Mayfield?
(a) For Makepeace to learn the ways of the Wampanoag.
(b) Instruction in becoming a Christian.
(c) For Caleb to marry Bethia.
(d) For some of his medicine.

5. Why does Bethia do as many chores as she does?
(a) She likes to stay busy.
(b) The housekeeper is ill.
(c) The housekeeper died.
(d) Atonement for sins against her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather Mayfield ask Pastor Mayfield to do?

2. With whom does Caleb agree to study?

3. When does Bethia encounter some of Caleb's gods?

4. Why is there tension between Makepeace and his father?

5. What does Bethia wonder about Caleb?

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