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

2. How do Samuel and Bethia manage to travel to Italy for his medical studies?
(a) The entire community collects money to pay his way.
(b) He is unable to go to Italy as he wished.
(c) The wealthy widow Makepeace marries.
(d) A Duke in Italy pays his way.

3. What is revealed about Bethia in the first chapter of this section?
(a) Her health is failing.
(b) She is still robust and well.
(c) She is unhappy.
(d) She is ostracized from the community.

4. For whom does Bethia watch as the boat sets out for Cambridge?
(a) Tequamuck.
(b) Noah.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her best friend.

5. What do the Wampanoag construct on the shore?
(a) A kiln.
(b) A memorial to Mayfield.
(c) A totem.
(d) A fort.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Samuel urge Bethia to do?

3. What does Makepeace think Bethia feels about Caleb?

4. What is one question Caleb asks Bethia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Bethia relieved when they board a vesself for Cambridge, and how is her first day there?

5. Describe a little about Anne's life.

6. What are a couple things Bethia does during her first days at the school?

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

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

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

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

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