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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Spelling Bee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that a torch does?
(a) All of these.
(b) Looks into people's heartfires and sees their secrets and thoughts.
(c) Looks into the womb to see how the baby lays and whether it is in the right position to be born.
(d) Looks into people's heartfires and sees their future.

2. What "lie" did Alvin tell his new master, Makepeace Smith?
(a) That he befriended a bear that gave him a ride from Vigor Church.
(b) That Alvin had befriended the Prophet.
(c) That he ran from the town of Vigor Church.
(d) That Alvin befriended Ta-Kumsaw.

3. How much had Cavil bought his new girl for?
(a) Four hundred dollars.
(b) Seven hundred dollars.
(c) Six hundred dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

4. How far did Alvin sink in the ooze at the bottom of the second well?
(a) To his waist.
(b) To his calves.
(c) To his thighs.
(d) To his neck.

5. Why did Mock Berry stay so poor?
(a) No one treated the Berry's fair.
(b) People would charge Mock more than they charge a white customer.
(c) People disliked the black family.
(d) People hated the Berry's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way was Peggy and Mistress Modesty both not a part of the masquerade?

2. What shouldn't Hank bring up at the Guester's roadhouse?

3. What kind of emotions did Horace Guester's name bring about in Mistress Modesty?

4. What do men measure, according to Mistress Modesty?

5. What act opened Alvin wide for the Unmaker to enter him?

(see the answer key)

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