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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Mrs. Todd marry her first love?
(a) His mother didn't approve.
(b) He fell in love with someone else.
(c) He died young.
(d) She met and married Mr. Todd

2. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?
(a) The spacious schoolyard.
(b) The salty air near the ocean.
(c) The children trampled it down during the spring.
(d) The fertile soil.

3. What time of year does the story take place?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

4. Who is William?
(a) Mrs. Todd's brother.
(b) Mrs. Blackett's brother-in-law.
(c) Mrs. Todd's brother-in-law.
(d) Mrs. Blackett's brother.

5. Who is Nathan?
(a) Mrs. Todd's deceased brother.
(b) Mrs. Blackett's deceased husband.
(c) The narrator's brother.
(d) Mrs. Todd's deceased husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Captain Littlepage dressed?

2. Why does the narrator say she didn't "walk the rest" at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Who does the narrator say comes and goes past the schoolhouse window?

4. What does the narrator compare Captain Littlepage's gait to?

5. What happened when Gaffett and his companion left "the waiting place"?

(see the answer key)

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