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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 does Samuel confess to Bethia?
(a) He believes woman are equal to men.
(b) He loves another woman.
(c) He believes woman are inferior to men.
(d) He wants a wife with whom he could talk intellectually.

2. What happens to Joel on his way back to Cambridge?
(a) His boat is swamped and he is killed by angry natives..
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is swimming when the boat is anchored and is killed by a shark.
(d) He is waylaid by pirates.

3. Who arrives the day after Anne is ill?
(a) Noah.
(b) Makepeace.
(c) Bethia's grandfather.
(d) No one.

4. To whom is one of the students related?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Aphra Behn.
(d) Anne Bradstreet.

5. What is one thing Bethia has to endure?
(a) Chapped hands.
(b) Early hours.
(c) Arrogant students.
(d) Bed lice.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Caleb take his entrance exams?

2. How is the journey to Cambridge?

3. What is never mentioned in commencement?

4. Why is Bethia sad?

5. Why is Bethia relieved as they are leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Smauel Corlett like?

2. Describe the argument Bethia and Makepeace become embroiled in one day at the memorial for their father.

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

4. Why does Bethia tell Caleb to stop calling her Storm Eyes?

5. Why has Noah Merry come to Cambridge and what news does he bring?

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

7. What does Bethia say about the change in attitude towards Caleb and Joel by the other students?

8. What happens to Joel on his way to the mainland?

9. What is surprising about Mayfield's will?

10. What does Mayfield's will say about further schooling for Joel, Caleb and Makepeace and how does that affect Bethia?

(see the answer keys)

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