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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 27-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the townspeople now think that Dencey is a good girl?
(a) She helps her mother with all the children.
(b) She knits mittens for the orphans.
(c) She brings soup to sick people.
(d) She tried to save Sammie's soul.

2. What do the boys on the street call Dencey?
(a) Tomboy.
(b) Tattletale.
(c) Angel.
(d) Teacher's pet.

3. Why is Lydia unable to get Sammie admitted to the school in #119?
(a) He has not had the prerequisite classes.
(b) He caused too much trouble when he attended for a week.
(c) He does not have the tuition fee.
(d) He is not a full time citizen.

4. What change does Lydia make to Dencey's room so that Dencey can think about what she has done and why she is being punished?
(a) She removes Rosie's bed.
(b) She removes the lamp.
(c) She nails the shutters closed.
(d) She removes all the pictures.

5. Where does Dencey's father work?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Martha's Vineyard.
(c) The West coast.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who becomes patriarch of Lydia and Tom's family?

3. What is the work of the person whom Dencey visits daily?

4. Where does Dencey sit to think about what she has done to Sammie?

5. Lydia is glad to know that Dencey and Sammie were not meeting in Brown's barn for _______________.

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