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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 comment by Noah catches Bethia's attention?
(a) About his sister and her brother marrying.
(b) About marriage to Bethia.
(c) About a Wampanoag girl Noah likes.
(d) About the Wampanoag ceremony for manhood.

2. What does Caleb's reading of Hebrew bring to Bethia's mind?
(a) The exile of the Jews.
(b) That Caleb is smarter than most white men.
(c) His speaking of his own language.
(d) That all men desire power over women.

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

4. What does the perfect day Bethia is experiencing fail to do?
(a) Give her a moment to thank God for the day.
(b) Give her time to herself.
(c) Foretell the tragedy that is to come.
(d) Lift her spirits.

5. Why does Bethia take time on her task?
(a) She wants to be away when her father comes home.
(b) She wants to be away when Caleb comes home.
(c) The weather is beautiful.
(d) She is tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bethia do as many chores as she does?

2. What is the name of Bethia's community?

3. What does Caleb tell Bethia when her father and Makepeace go out to wash their hands?

4. Why does Bethia say she is so tired in Chapter 11?

5. Why is Bethia angry after what Noah says?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Caleb place in Solace's casket?

5. What does Bethia say about the situations in her family's life at this time?

6. What does Bethia say about her two brothers and what her father says about females?

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

8. How does Mayfield act in the aftermath of Solace's death?

9. What is Bethia's father's dealings with the Wampanoag, and how does Bethia learn their language?

10. What are Bethia's father's plans for Caleb?

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