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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lydia's state of mind prior to Tom's return home from the sea?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Euphoria.

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

3. Why does Dencey get mad at the boys on the street?
(a) They tore her dress.
(b) They make fun of her religion.
(c) They taunt Hopestill.
(d) They called her father a coward.

4. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?
(a) Sara.
(b) Hester.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Elizabeth.

5. What makes Dencey so happy about spending time with Tom?
(a) He makes riddles for her to answer.
(b) He speaks to her like an adult.
(c) He carves a doll for her.
(d) He sings all the time.

6. What is Sammie's last name?
(a) Jetsam.
(b) Judd.
(c) Jessup.
(d) Johannssen.

7. Why can Dencey not go on to school one morning?
(a) She has the stomach flu.
(b) She is dirty and disheveled.
(c) She sprained her ankle.
(d) She is breaking out in a rash.

8. What is the name of the family's religion?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Congregationalist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

9. What time does Tom return home from sea?
(a) 4:00 AM.
(b) 6:00 PM.
(c) 8:00 AM.
(d) 12 Noon.

10. What does Tom promise the twelve children in lieu of gifts?
(a) A shopping trip in town.
(b) Food from the ship.
(c) A short trip on the ship.
(d) Gifts the next time.

11. What is Sammie doing when Dencey arrives at the cottage where he lives?
(a) Chopping wood.
(b) Rubbing down a horse.
(c) Building a fire.
(d) Feeding chickens.

12. Who is Stephen's handicapped daughter?
(a) Crippled Laura.
(b) Crippled Rosie.
(c) Crippled Jane.
(d) Crippled Emma.

13. How does Dencey's dress get a mark on it?
(a) She brushed up against a cask.
(b) Ink spilled on it.
(c) A boy threw dirt at her.
(d) She fell in a puddle.

14. What is the name of Lydia and Tom's baby boy?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) James.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Ariel.

15. What story does Elias tell Dencey that frightens her for the first time?
(a) Being snowed in for weeks during a blizzard as a boy.
(b) The horrors of hell for those who disobey God.
(c) When Indians attacked his house when he was a boy.
(d) When he fell overboard a whaling ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into whose home does Lydia and Tom's family move?

2. Who is caught throwing pebbles at Lydia's window one night?

3. What names does Sammie Jetsam call Dencey?

4. Who is the wife of the man who died on the ship?

5. Where does Dencey's father work?

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