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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part 2, Anno 1661, Actatis Suae 17, Cambridge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bethia's name mean?
(a) Wise one.
(b) Servant.
(c) Lovely one.
(d) Bright one.

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

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) The white community gathers to slaughter it.
(d) Everyone works together to get it back into the ocean.

4. Who are the Wampanoag?
(a) The native of the area.
(b) The group of Indians that move off the island when the whites arrived.
(c) The natives with whom the whites have intermarried.
(d) The tribe that lives on the mainland.

5. Who berates Bathia for her absence when she returns to the beach?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) No one.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather Mayfield ask Pastor Mayfield to do?

2. Why is there tension between Makepeace and his father?

3. When does Bethia expect punishment for her sins?

4. Whom does Bethia believe has been taken advantage of?

5. What comment by Noah catches Bethia's attention?

(see the answer key)

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