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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. Why is Bethia uneasy when she is serving the noon meal?
(a) She notices Caleb staring at Solace.
(b) She is uneasily drawn to Caleb.
(c) Makepeace is rude to Caleb.
(d) She believes Caleb is staring at her.

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

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

4. Who is Caleb?
(a) The Mayfield groom.
(b) The preacher.
(c) A native American young man.
(d) Bethia's oldest brother.

5. What is Takemmy?
(a) The name of the woods where Bethia likes to roam.
(b) The Wampanoag settlement where Bethia and her father go.
(c) The name of the stream that runs the mill.
(d) The name of the beach where the Mayfield's live.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what kind of influence are the arguers concerned the new guest will bring?

2. Whom does Bethia believe has been taken advantage of?

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

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

5. What love does Bethia describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Bethia say about the influence of Cambridge on Caleb?

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

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

6. Who establishes the colony where Bethia lives and whom does Bethia feel has been wronged?

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

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

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

10. How does Caleb explain his early morning greeting to the sun god?

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