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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the boys playing as the book opens?
(a) Red Rover.
(b) Tag.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Leapfrog.

2. What was the cause of the death of the person on the ship?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Fever.
(d) Poisoning.

3. Why can Dencey not go on to school one morning?
(a) She is dirty and disheveled.
(b) She sprained her ankle.
(c) She is breaking out in a rash.
(d) She has the stomach flu.

4. Who is Hopestill?
(a) Dencey's friend.
(b) Dencey's mother.
(c) Dencey's teacher.
(d) Dencey's grandmother.

5. Which of the following does Dencey NOT do as an act of forgiveness for Sammie?
(a) She apologizes publicly in church.
(b) She feeds the dog.
(c) She shares a pie.
(d) She gives him a piece of ammonite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sammie give the book back to Dencey?

2. What does Sammie do with the piece of ammonite?

3. What does Dencey hate about herself?

4. What is the name of Tom's ship?

5. When Sammie admits to Dencey that he cannot read, he is being _________________.

(see the answer key)

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