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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caleb say often change with his people?
(a) Names.
(b) Camping grounds.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Traditions.

2. What does Mayfield hope for Caleb?
(a) He will want to marry Bethia.
(b) He has no plans or hopes for Caleb.
(c) He can get in to a university.
(d) He will help convert the rest of his people.

3. 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) It is shared among all the occupants of the island.
(c) There has never been a beached whale before.
(d) It belongs to the Wampanoag.

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

5. When does Bethia's twin brother die?
(a) At age 10.
(b) At age 12.
(c) At age 15.
(d) At birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the visitors ask?

2. Upon what does Bethia's narration focus in this section?

3. What does Bethia do when she returns from her errand?

4. What does Noah do the next morning?

5. How does Bethia see what happens with the whale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the effect of Bethia's father's preaching on the Wampanoag.

2. What is Bethia listening to as she lies in her bed?

3. What frustrates Bethia about her life and choices available to her?

4. What does Bethia do that she attributes to Satan's influence and what are the consequences?

5. What does Bethia say about Caleb in this first section?

6. Where is Bethia sent and what are the aftereffects of her drinking out of the gourd?

7. How does Bethia come to believe she needs to watch her father preach?

8. What does Bethia say is the reason for the tension between her father and Makepeace, and why is it strange that they are upset with each other?

9. How does Bethia describe Caleb?

10. Why does Caleb say he and Bethia can no longer be friends?

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