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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What promise does Dencey say she cannot keep?
(a) To go to choir practice.
(b) To not sing in the house.
(c) To walk to school with Rosie.
(d) Never to see Sammie again.

4. Who helps Sammie look for Dencey?
(a) Wash.
(b) Burns.
(c) Michael.
(d) Timothy.

5. Why does Dencey go down to the docks?
(a) To find Sammie and bring him back.
(b) To get the hidden book from the wrecked ship.
(c) To look for her father's ship.
(d) To talk to the sailors about their adventures.

6. Why does Sammie think he could not kiss Dencey?
(a) He would embarrass her.
(b) He would be rejected.
(c) He would be too shy.
(d) He is not good enough for her.

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

8. Who agrees to take Sammie on as a cabin boy?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Stephen.

9. Why does Dencey ultimately decide to take Stephen's coat?
(a) To trick Injun Jill.
(b) Sammie doesn't have any coats.
(c) To worry her mother.
(d) To teach Stephen a lesson.

10. What does Lydia confront Dencey about in Chapter 23?
(a) Meeting with Sammie at Brown's barn.
(b) Not doing all her schoolwork.
(c) Leaving school early the past week.
(d) Why she stole Stephen's coat.

11. Which of the following is something Aunt Lovesta does NOT tell Dencey that Dencey can do?
(a) Take food to Sammie.
(b) Make pies when her mother is out.
(c) Take Sammie to Aunt Lovesta's.
(d) Be kind to Sammie.

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

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

14. How many words does Sammie learn in his first day of lessons?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

15. Whom does Sammie come to think is his mother?
(a) Sara.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Lovesta.
(d) Injun Jill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dencey know that she will continue to steal for Sammie?

2. What devastating news does Sammie tell Dencey?

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

4. What behavior has Dencey exhibited lately that worries Lydia?

5. Why does the fire alarm in town sound as Sammie is ready to leave with Professor Snubshoe?

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