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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hopestill?
(a) Dencey's grandmother.
(b) Dencey's friend.
(c) Dencey's mother.
(d) Dencey's teacher.

2. What was the cause of the death of the person on the ship?
(a) Gunshot wound.
(b) Fever.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Malaria.

3. What cruel reality does Dencey realize about Sammie's life?
(a) He has a speech impediment.
(b) He has a club foot.
(c) He is a slow learner.
(d) He has no one to care for him.

4. What does Sammie drop when Dencey throws a rock at him?
(a) A basket of eggs.
(b) Marble pouch.
(c) School books.
(d) Lunch pail.

5. What are the boys playing as the book opens?
(a) Red Rover.
(b) Tag.
(c) Leapfrog.
(d) Baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dencey's dress get a mark on it?

2. Why can Dencey not go on to school one morning?

3. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?

4. What is the name of the brig that has arrived in the harbor?

5. When Sammie admits to Dencey that he cannot read, he is being _________________.

(see the answer key)

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