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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. Why does Sammie say that Injun Jill looks down on him?
(a) He is an orphan.
(b) He is a runaway.
(c) He is only half Indian.
(d) He is poor.

2. Where is Lydia able to get Sammie admitted to school?
(a) The Fragment Society School.
(b) Whalers Academy.
(c) The Nantucket Academy.
(d) The Coffin School.

3. Dicky Dick tells Sammie that _______________ is not Sammie's mother.
(a) Aunt Lovesta.
(b) Sara.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Injun Jill.

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

5. Who wants to be Dencey's beau?
(a) Sammie.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Philip.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devastating news does Sammie tell Dencey?

2. Why is the person who fought with Sammie mad?

3. How does Lydia feel about Dencey's daily visits with the person?

4. Why do the townspeople now think that Dencey is a good girl?

5. How does Dencey view Aunt Lovesta?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Aunt Lovesta, and what is Dencey's relationship with her?

2. What does Sammie tell Dencey about a fight he has had with Injun Jill?

3. What location does Sammie suggest for his reading lesson with Dencey? Why does he feel ill at ease there?

4. What has happened to Lovesta after her years of punishment?

5. Why does the fire alarm ring in the morning, and why does Lydia hold Sammie responsible for the trouble?

6. Why is Lydia unable to get Sammie admitted to the Fragment Society School

7. What does Sammie grow to like about being in the Coffyn house, and what does Sammie realize that he has always craved for his life?

8. What are Dencey's plans for the coat her Uncle Stephen is discarding?

9. What does Lovesta tell Dencey about repentance and what does Dencey plan to do regarding Sammie?

10. What is advertised on the poster tacked to a tree, and why is Aunt Susanna so appalled to find Dencey reading it?

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