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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 39-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality does Dencey possess that helps her uphold her promise to teach Sammie to read?
(a) Pride.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Fear.

2. What does Dencey bring so that Sammie would have something new to read?
(a) Her Uncle Hubert's sermon.
(b) Lydia's poetry.
(c) Rev. Westmoreland's sermon.
(d) Aunt Lovesta's sermon.

3. Why does Tom begin to attend many Quaker meetings?
(a) So that he can write articles about them.
(b) So that he can see Lydia.
(c) So that he can become a preacher.
(d) So that he can better learn the religion.

4. Who is the ten-year-old girl taken in by Lydia and Tom?
(a) Patricia Ramsey.
(b) Peggy Runnel.
(c) Sara Weston.
(d) Ellen Mortimer.

5. For what is Injun Jill known?
(a) For being an alcoholic.
(b) For making wonderful pies.
(c) For being a good trapper.
(d) For being a scholar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys on the street call Dencey?

2. What does Aunt Lovesta tell Dencey she must promise not to do?

3. Why did Tom not bring presents for the twelve children?

4. What does Dencey find during her exploration?

5. Why is Tom embarrassed during the Quaker meeting?

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