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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8 - Part 2, Anno 1661, Actatis Suae 17, Cambridge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one thing Bethia has to endure?
(a) Arrogant students.
(b) Bed lice.
(c) Chapped hands.
(d) Early hours.

3. What kind of transgression into evil does Bethia say she commits?
(a) Taking the Lord's name in vain.
(b) Talking in church.
(c) Talking to a male outside the family.
(d) Eve-like.

4. What happens to Caleb when Noah comes around?
(a) Caleb becomes animated.
(b) Caleb becomes very quiet.
(c) Nothing different from ususal.
(d) Caleb seems to have things to do elsewhere.

5. By tradition, what generally happens to a beached whale?
(a) Two men from the two groups have a friendly wrestling match to win rights to the whale.
(b) There has never been a beached whale before.
(c) It belongs to the Wampanoag.
(d) It is shared among all the occupants of the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bethia?

2. What does Makepeace believe about Solace?

3. Why does Bethia's father choose some particular passages from the Bible to read when Caleb is introduced?

4. Who interferes in the sonquem's request?

5. With whom does Caleb develop a close friendship over time?

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