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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bethia see Caleb at this time?
(a) As a stranger.
(b) More and more like a white man.
(c) As being deceived.
(d) As a good friend.

2. Where is Bethia sent after the sonquem responds to Mayfield's initial treatment?
(a) Back to the tent where they were staying.
(b) Back to be with her mother.
(c) Back to the Merrys.
(d) To the school house.

3. Why is Bethia angry after what Noah says?
(a) She thinks Noah's sister is the wrong person for her brother.
(b) She knows the Wampanoag girl and thinks Noah will hurt her.
(c) She thinks her father is being premature.
(d) She has not been given a choice.

4. Why is Bethia at Master Corlett's school?
(a) She is helping her brother move there.
(b) She is a housekeeper there.
(c) She is serving as an accountant there.
(d) She is attending advanced studies there.

5. What changes Caleb and Bethia's relationship?
(a) When Caleb becomes a Christina.
(b) When Caleb told Bethia his true name.
(c) Whe Bethia has her menses.
(d) When Bethia told Caleb her true name.

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

7. What has Caleb been doing the next morning when Bethia encounters him?
(a) Grooming his horse.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Giving an early morning greeting to the sun god.
(d) Taking lessons from the tribal shamen.

8. What is the name of Bethia's community?
(a) King's Bay.
(b) Grand Harbor.
(c) Nantucket Harbor.
(d) Great Harbor.

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

10. What does Caleb tell Bethia when her father and Makepeace go out to wash their hands?
(a) He has missed being with her.
(b) He does not think he wants to learn about the Christian God.
(c) He is sorry her mother died.
(d) He is to be the next tribal shaman.

11. What does Bethia say she often does?
(a) Talk to her Mother as if she were right there.
(b) Breaks down in tears of grief.
(c) Wishes she had never taken a sip from the gourd.
(d) Wishes she were a man.

12. Who does Pastor Mayfield invite along?
(a) Bethia.
(b) Bethia's brother.
(c) No one.
(d) Caleb.

13. What does Bethia do when she returns from her errand?
(a) Read.
(b) Naps.
(c) Knits.
(d) Prepares some beans.

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

15. What does Bethia pretend when she is with her father?
(a) She wants to marry her brother's friend.
(b) She believes her cousin will get well.
(c) She would love some linen to make a dress.
(d) She does not speak the language of the Wampanoag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the Merry mill for help?

2. Why does Bethia not know what will happen to her?

3. What does Bethia say was Satan's influence?

4. What happens to Caleb when Noah comes around?

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

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