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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 were Miss Frye's natural sons aboard when they went down in a storm in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) A yacht.
(b) A submarine.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A dingy.

2. After several months, the statue in "The Binnacle Boy" becomes a place for what?
(a) Grieving.
(b) Rumors.
(c) Confession.
(d) Anger.

3. What had Miss Frye been picking when she found an abandoned baby in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Apples.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. What does Tekoa say was poisoned on the Orion in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) The bread.
(b) The tea.
(c) The potatoes.
(d) The fish.

5. Who was aboard the brig which came to shore in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Nicholas Andrews.
(b) Miss Frye's mother.
(c) Sarah Peel.
(d) Ethan Frye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the brig arriving from in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What is the name of Miss Frye's usual maid whom she awaits in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. Where does Miss Frye go for the first time after her visitors leave in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. Where is the statue placed as a memorial in "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. Who takes delight in watching people go to the statue to tell their deepest darkest secrets in "The Binnacle Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Frye react to the news of her son's death in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. How does Miss Frye feel about the death of Sarah in "The Binnacle Boy"? What is ironic in the end of the story?

3. How does Tekoa feel about her role as "translator" in "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. What time of year is it in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"? How is this revealed?

5. What does Ethan represent to Miss Frye symbolically in "The Binnacle Boy"?

6. What is the principle objective of the three visitors in "The Binnacle Boy"?

7. How does Tekoa's role in "The Binnacle Boy" evolve in Chapters 3 and 4?

8. What information does Tekoa reveal to the women in "The Binnacle Boy"?

9. Who appears at Miss Frye's house in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

10. Who is Tekoa Peel? What is her role in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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