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

2. Why is Bethia surprised at what Caleb tells her about what he's been doing?
(a) There is a someone to take care of the horses.
(b) She thought he was going to adopt Christianity.
(c) Most of the White men do not swim.
(d) Her father had asked Caleb to forgo Shamic training for now.

3. Why is Bethia envious of Makepeace?
(a) He marries whom he chooses.
(b) He decides to stay in England where he wants to be.
(c) He gets to return to the island.
(d) He has a freer life.

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

5. When does Bethia encounter some of Caleb's gods?
(a) When she is sitting on the cliff overlooking the ocean.
(b) When she is dancing with the Wampanoag.
(c) When she is singing by herself in the forest.
(d) When she looks deeply into Caleb's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Iacoomis?

2. What does Bethia describe at the opening of this section?

3. What has the sonquem asked of Mayfield?

4. What does Grandfather Mayfield ask Pastor Mayfield to do?

5. Who is Bethia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noah show Bethia the next morning and what is her reaction?

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

3. What does Bethia's father say about the sonquem when Mayfield returns to the Merry home?

4. Where do Bethia's father and grandfather invite Bethia along and what is the purpose of their visit?

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

6. How does Bethia feel about Solace?

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

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

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

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

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