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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What names does Sammie Jetsam call Dencey?
(a) Teacher's Pet and Portugee Girl.
(b) Darkie and Tattletale.
(c) Darkie and Portugee Girl.
(d) Darkie and Dimwit.

2. For what is Injun Jill known?
(a) For being a good trapper.
(b) For making wonderful pies.
(c) For being a scholar.
(d) For being an alcoholic.

3. What does Dencey hate about herself?
(a) Her swarthy complexion.
(b) Her big feet.
(c) Her red hair.
(d) Her accent.

4. What does Sammie drop when Dencey throws a rock at him?
(a) Marble pouch.
(b) Lunch pail.
(c) School books.
(d) A basket of eggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dencey's mother's name?

2. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?

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

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

5. What is Sammie doing when Dencey arrives at the cottage where he lives?

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