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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 - Part 2, Anno 1660, Actatis Suae 15, Great Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caleb call Bethia?
(a) Pale One.
(b) Storm eyes.
(c) Sweet one.
(d) Bright eyes.

2. Who is Iacoomis?
(a) A Wampanoag who knows how to read and write English.
(b) A Wampanoag who teaches the Mayfield family the Wampanoag language.
(c) A Wampanoag native who tried to lead an uprising against the whites.
(d) A Wampanoag who is interested in how the whites farm.

3. What does Bethia's father say about Bethia learning too much?
(a) She can never learn too much.
(b) She needs to be careful in what she studies.
(c) Bethia has learned too much already and is not desirable as a bride.
(d) It's not good for a pretty girl.

4. Why does Bethia take off some of her clothes?
(a) To help strip the whale carcass.
(b) To go in the ocean and wash off the whale blood.
(c) To dance with the Wampanoag.
(d) To launder her outer things.

5. When did Bethia's mother die?
(a) Three years earlier.
(b) When Caleb is born.
(c) When Bethia is born.
(d) Recently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a whale strands itself on the beach?

2. To whom does Bethia apprentice herself?

3. What love does Bethia describe?

4. With whom is Bethia's father arguing?

5. Who are the Wampanoag?

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