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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. How many children does Lydia's brother, Stephen, have?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

3. What name is given to the boys who torment Dencey on the street?
(a) Hellians.
(b) Rabble Rousers.
(c) Fragmenters.
(d) Freedmen.

4. What causes a rift between Tom and his father?
(a) Tom's not accepting a dowry from Lydia's family.
(b) Tom's desire to move to the mainland.
(c) Tom's conversion to Quakerism.
(d) Tom's unwillingness to go back to sea.

5. On what condition will Sammie forgive Dencey?
(a) If she will bake him a birthday cake.
(b) If she will have lunch with him at school.
(c) If she will teach him how to read.
(d) If she will help him chop wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hopestill related to Dencey?

2. What are the boys playing as the book opens?

3. What is Dencey's formal name?

4. Where does Dencey's father work?

5. Why can Dencey not go on to school one morning?

(see the answer key)

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