Caleb's Crossing Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Geraldine Brooks
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Caleb's Crossing Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Geraldine Brooks
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is the name of Bethia's new sister?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Charity.
(c) Solace.
(d) She died with Bethia's mother.

2. What does Bethia experience after the action that Satan supposedly prompted?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Severe anxiety.
(c) A feeling of euphoria.
(d) Nausea and then unconsciousness.

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

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

5. What does Bethia say she feels about the Wampanoag?
(a) She has not met one in person.
(b) She believes they are God's children, though inferior.
(c) She thinks they are too savage to ever be Christians.
(d) She has come to identify with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bethia?

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

3. What does Caleb say often change with his people?

4. What does Bathia find herself drawn into?

5. What does Bethia at first consider outlandish about what Caleb tells her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caleb think of Bethia's name and how does he express his feelings about it?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What does Bethia's say is her current situation when this section opens and why is she going to continue writing?

9. What does Tequamuck do as Mayfield prepares to leave for England, and what do some believe is the result of Tequamuck's actions?

10. What happens when a whale strands itself on the beach and how does Bethia feel about the situation?

(see the answer keys)

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