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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 - Part 1, Anno 1660, Actatis Suae 15, Great Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the Merry mill for help?
(a) Caleb.
(b) A young man from the mainland.
(c) Makepeace.
(d) Two young Wampanoag.

2. What does Bethia believe about her mother's death?
(a) Her mother did not fear death.
(b) Her mother will not go to heaven.
(c) Her mother wanted to die.
(d) Bethia thinks she is to blame for the death.

3. What happens when a whale strands itself on the beach?
(a) The whites prepare to slaughter it, but it unbeaches itself and swims off.
(b) The Wampanoag are contacted by the white community to claim it.
(c) Everyone works together to get it back into the ocean.
(d) The white community gathers to slaughter it.

4. How does Bethia feel when she wakes a few minutes later?
(a) Calmer.
(b) Estactic.
(c) Detached.
(d) Sad.

5. What is a pawaaw?
(a) A storyteller.
(b) Spiritual leader.
(c) A fire keeper.
(d) A light keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caleb's "real" name mean?

2. Who is Bethia?

3. Why does Bethia take off some of her clothes?

4. Who berates Bathia for her absence when she returns to the beach?

5. How does Caleb treat the book Bethia is reading?

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