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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samuel ask Bethia when they are alone?
(a) If she loves Noah.
(b) For Bethia to marry him.
(c) If she loves Caleb.
(d) If she wants to go back to the island.

2. What is one question Caleb asks Bethia?
(a) If she even wants to marry.
(b) Which man would love her as much as Caleb does.
(c) Which man would love children the most.
(d) Which man stirs her blood.

3. What do the Wampanoag construct on the shore?
(a) A fort.
(b) A totem.
(c) A memorial to Mayfield.
(d) A kiln.

4. What does Bethia realize about Caleb as they are riding back to the white settlement?
(a) He should have a native Indian wife.
(b) She thinks of him as more than a brother.
(c) He will never truly adopt the white man's ways.
(d) He has moved beyond her.

5. Why does Bethia take on a position as housekeeper in another college?
(a) To be able to hear the lectures.
(b) To get away from Corlett.
(c) To get away from Samuel.
(d) To see if there are any other young men that interest her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is triggered by the inlaid box in Bethia's possession?

2. How do Bethia's writings seem to her now?

3. What is one thing Bethia has to endure?

4. What does Samuel bring to his first meeting with Bethia?

5. What happens in the early part of Bethia's one year at Harvard College?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are arrangements made for Joel to return to Cambridge before the others from the island?

2. What does Bethia say about Caleb and Joel regarding their studies?

3. What does Bethia say to Corlett about applying for a position at another school and what is his response?

4. What is surprising about Mayfield's will?

5. Why has Noah Merry come to Cambridge and what news does he bring?

6. How do Caleb and Joel do on their entrance exams?

7. Why is Samuel's marriage proposal to Bethia interrupted, and what how does Bethia handle the situation.

8. What does Mayfield's will say about further schooling for Joel, Caleb and Makepeace and how does that affect Bethia?

9. How does Bethia help Caleb die with peace and dignity?

10. Why is Caleb still disturbed about the situation with Anne and what does he do?

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