View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 27-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Dencey and Sammie meet in Chapter 14?
(a) To weave berry baskets.
(b) To begin reading lessons.
(c) To go fishing.
(d) To study together.

2. Why is the person who fought with Sammie mad?
(a) Sammie stayed too long in the woods.
(b) Sammie missed church again.
(c) Sammie is learning to read.
(d) Sammie didn't take him fishing.

3. What is the nature of Sammie's illness?
(a) He has fever.
(b) He has whooping cough.
(c) He has the measles.
(d) He has the mumps.

4. Why did Tom not bring presents for the twelve children?
(a) He left them on the ship.
(b) He didn't know they were now living in his house.
(c) He didn't have the money to buy so many gifts.
(d) He didn't have time to buy anything.

5. Why does Lydia begin to avoid Tom?
(a) She wants to see how serious Tom is.
(b) She wants to see other men too.
(c) She is not sure that she wants a steady relationship.
(d) Her mother thinks she spends too much time with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dencey and Sammie decide to hide the item from Injun Jill?

2. How many words does Sammie learn in his first day of lessons?

3. Dencey also likes that the new house is next door to whose house?

4. What does Lydia return to Sammie?

5. Who becomes patriarch of Lydia and Tom's family?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 243 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample