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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does The Committee on Sufferings remove from the Coffyn house?
(a) Ruffled curtains.
(b) A chair with a rose carved into the wood.
(c) A crimson rug.
(d) Painted coffee cups.

2. Why does Sammie suggest going to Brown's barn?
(a) It would protect them from the bad weather.
(b) It is closer to Dencey's house.
(c) He can feed the animals as they talk.
(d) It is a very quiet place.

3. Whom does Sammie talk to about his mother?
(a) Dicky Dick.
(b) Rev. Sharpe.
(c) Aunt Lovesta.
(d) George Samuels.

4. Whom does Dencey visit almost every day?
(a) Aunt Ellen.
(b) Aunt Lovesta.
(c) Aunt Margaret.
(d) Aunt Sara.

5. To what does Sammie invite Dencey to go?
(a) The Maypole dance.
(b) A picnic.
(c) The sheep shearing contest.
(d) The potato sack races.

6. What advice do Tom and Lydia give to Sammie?
(a) He should take care of Injun Jill.
(b) He should become a preacher.
(c) He should go out to sea.
(d) He should further his education.

7. Lydia is glad to know that Dencey and Sammie were not meeting in Brown's barn for _______________.
(a) Religious reasons.
(b) Romantic reasons.
(c) Secret reasons.
(d) Play practice.

8. What is the only thing that Sammie will help Dencey do now?
(a) Make apple butter.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Her ciphers.
(d) Chop firewood.

9. What gift does Sammie give to Dencey?
(a) A Chinese bird cage and two birds.
(b) A fine writing pen and paper.
(c) A cameo necklace.
(d) A box of chocolates.

10. What does The Committee on Sufferings ban Lovesta from doing?
(a) Speaking in church.
(b) Making pies for gifts.
(c) Visiting the sick in town.
(d) Knitting scarves for the children.

11. What could happen to Lydia if it became public that Dencey was a bad girl?
(a) She would be chastised publicly for being a bad mother.
(b) Dencey would be taken away from her.
(c) The Committee on Sufferings would publicly flog Lydia.
(d) Lydia and Dencey would have to take lessons from the church elders.

12. What is the main event of Spring on Nantucket?
(a) Sheep shearing day.
(b) Strawberry picking day.
(c) May Day.
(d) Apple picking day.

13. How does Dencey prove that she and Sammie are friends?
(a) She invites him to play with her friends.
(b) She makes him a friendship bracelet.
(c) She announces it to the Clerk.
(d) She carves their names on a tree.

14. What discarded item does Dencey decide to give to Sammie?
(a) Coat.
(b) Pants.
(c) Shirt.
(d) Boots.

15. What annual event occurs in Chapter 42?
(a) Autumn harvest.
(b) The annual husking.
(c) Baling hay.
(d) Apple picking weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sammie feel compelled to leave Dicky Dick's?

2. Why does Sammie shuck corn at lightning speed?

3. Who helps Sammie look for Dencey?

4. Which of the following was NOT a way that Sammie felt being around Dencey?

5. What is the prize for the winner of the corn husking contest?

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