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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Lydia not marry Tom?

2. What name is given to the boys who torment Dencey on the street?

3. What is Dencey's mother's name?

4. What cruel reality does Dencey realize about Sammie's life?

5. What book does Dencey give to Sammie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sammie react to Dencey and her mission of forgiveness?

3. What does Dencey think about as she sits in her room?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Where does the Coffyn family move? Why do they like it, especially Dencey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Sammie Jetsam. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the lives of Dencey and Hopestill. How are their circumstances similar? In what ways are their lives different? What draws them together to make them friends? What makes Hopestill apprehensive about some of the things that Dencey says or does?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Injun Jill. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

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