Downright Dencey Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Caroline Dale Snedeker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Downright Dencey Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Caroline Dale Snedeker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom brought Dency sea shells and a _________________.
(a) Kaleidoscope.
(b) Bookmark.
(c) Cameo.
(d) Journal.

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

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

4. What do Tom and Dencey do on their expeditions?
(a) Make up silly songs.
(b) Recite Bible verses.
(c) Gather firewood.
(d) Discuss various plants and flowers.

5. 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) When he fell overboard a whaling ship.
(c) When Indians attacked his house when he was a boy.
(d) The horrors of hell for those who disobey God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dencey also likes that the new house is next door to whose house?

2. Why does Tom come home earlier than expected from the whaling trip?

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

4. What causes a rift between Tom and his father?

5. How many children does Lydia's brother, Stephen, have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dencey react to Sammie's response to her offers of forgiveness?

2. How do Tom and Dencey spend their time together while he is home from the sea?

3. Several years after her marriage, what family burden does Lydia accept?

4. What does Tom do in order to marry Lydia?

5. How does Dencey react to Sammie's vulnerability, and what plan does she need to make for what she wants to do to help Sammie now?

6. What disheartening news does Lydia receive in a letter from Tom?

7. What is the family's response to Tom's homecoming, and what shock is in store for Tom regarding the size of his family now?

8. How do visitors to the Coffyn help infuse some liveliness into the family's busy lifestyle?

9. How soon after his last letter does Tom return home?

10. What does Dencey learn about Sammie's home life when she finds him at Injun Jill's?

(see the answer keys)

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