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

2. How does Injun Jill try to hurt Sammie when he doesn't do what she thinks he should?
(a) She says he was born ugly and will die ugly.
(b) She says that he isn't smart enough to go to school.
(c) She says that he will never have any friends.
(d) She says he is trash just like his white daddy.

3. Injun Jill says that she knows that Sammie has been spending time with whom?
(a) Sara.
(b) Dencey.
(c) Hopestill.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What does Dencey find during her exploration?
(a) A bushel of apples.
(b) The Arabian Nights Entertainments book.
(c) A tadpole.
(d) An arrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has Injun Jill told about Dencey and Sammie's meetings for reading lessons?

3. Where do Dencey and Sammie decide to hide the item from Injun Jill?

4. What is the nature of Sammie's illness?

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

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. How does Dencey respond when Sammie tells her that Injun Jill will not let him study with Dencey anymore?

4. What is Lovesta's punishment by the Committee for Sufferings for not allowing them to take Lydia's crimson rug from her home?

5. How has Sammie changed within himself? What changes do other people note about him?

6. What could be driving Injun Jill's behavior regarding Sammie?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Dencey find when she takes a risk to go exploring in the attic?

10. How is Sammie able to finally get the education he desires?

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