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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 do Samuel and Bethia return to Cambridge?
(a) To take Anne to be with Caleb.
(b) For the commencement.
(c) To help Sammuel's dying father.
(d) To take Caleb news from the island.

2. What does Samuel do when Bethia walks away from him?
(a) Runs after her and kisses her.
(b) Yells that he withdraws his offer of marriage.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Says she will marry him no matter what.

3. Who is Caleb and Joel's first tutor?
(a) No one.
(b) The professor of classics.
(c) An elderly, kind gentleman.
(d) A drunk who hates native Indians.

4. What is triggered by the inlaid box in Bethia's possession?
(a) Bethia's memories.
(b) A reminder to start the Christmas dinner.
(c) Bethia's grief over her mother's death.
(d) Bethia's grief over Caleb's death.

5. What does Caleb sing?
(a) A song of praise to the sun.
(b) The death song Bethia teaches him.
(c) A song of hope.
(d) A song of despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Caleb take his entrance exams?

2. One is one adjective with which Bethia describes Samuel Corlett?

3. How does Bethia describe the proprietor of the school?

4. Who is John Harvard?

5. Whom does Bethia have to listen to when they get to the college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Samuel's marriage proposal to Bethia interrupted, and what how does Bethia handle the situation.

2. How does Bethia help Caleb die with peace and dignity?

3. What does Bethia say about Caleb and Joel regarding their studies?

4. Describe a little about Anne's life.

5. What does Bethia say about her marriage to Samuel and their trip to Italy?

6. How do Caleb and Joel do on their entrance exams?

7. What does Bethia say to Corlett about applying for a position at another school and what is his response?

8. What is the time frame when Chapter 1 of this section opens and why is Bethia writing again?

9. Why do Caleb, Joel and Bethia believe they need to get Ann to the island?

10. Why are arrangements made for Joel to return to Cambridge before the others from the island?

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