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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. Who becomes patriarch of Lydia and Tom's family?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Elias.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Timothy.

2. Tom Coffyn returns after how many years at sea?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

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

4. Who are the Fragmenters?
(a) Boys from the Fragment Society School.
(b) Trash collectors.
(c) Wool spinners.
(d) Missionaries.

5. What causes a rift between Tom and his father?
(a) Tom's conversion to Quakerism.
(b) Tom's unwillingness to go back to sea.
(c) Tom's not accepting a dowry from Lydia's family.
(d) Tom's desire to move to the mainland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tom and Dencey do on their expeditions?

2. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?

3. Where does Dencey sit to think about what she has done to Sammie?

4. How long does Tom expect to be gone on this whaling trip?

5. All the local children are afraid of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom promise his nieces and nephews as he was not aware of their presence in the home and did not bring any gifts for them?

2. Why can Dencey not go to school after the rock throwing, and where does she decide to go?

3. What tragedies befall Martha White's family, and what does Lydia do to help?

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

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

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

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

8. What objects which Tom brings home does Dencey especially like? Why does her mother chastise her admiration of them?

9. How does Tom Coffyn meet Lydia Severance?

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

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