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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 ask Bethia when they are alone?
(a) For Bethia to marry him.
(b) If she loves Noah.
(c) If she wants to go back to the island.
(d) If she loves Caleb.

2. With whom does Bethia talk about Samuel and Noah?
(a) Makepeace.
(b) Anne.
(c) No one.
(d) Caleb.

3. What does Makepeace believe about Solace?
(a) Solace was not destined to live long.
(b) Caleb bewitched the child to go drown.
(c) Tequamuck is responsible for Solace's death.
(d) Solace was a bad child.

4. How does Bethia realize what Caleb is doing?
(a) She sees him arguing with Corlett.
(b) She sees him coming back late at night.
(c) She sees him in the chapel for hours.
(d) She sees him go out with a blackened face.

5. What pain does Bethia believe waits for her?
(a) The pain of answering to God for her sins.
(b) The pain of Samuel dying.
(c) The pain of hell.
(d) The pain of her daughter dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Bethia's writings seem to her now?

2. What does Samuel do when Bethia walks away from him?

3. Where is Bethia to sleep at Corlett's?

4. What is Caleb doing when Bethia finds him alone after commencement?

5. With whom does Caleb take his entrance exams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Caleb still disturbed about the situation with Anne and what does he do?

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

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

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

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

6. What is Smauel Corlett like?

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

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

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

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

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