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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. What does Dencey realize when Injun Jill finds Dencey and Sammie in the middle of a reading lesson?
(a) Injun Jill will tell the church elders what they are doing.
(b) Injun Jill will beat Sammie when he goes home.
(c) Injun Jill intends to whip Dencey.
(d) Injun Jill will go to Dencey's father to tell him that Dencey is evil.

2. What does Tom agree to do in order to marry Lydia?
(a) Become a Quaker.
(b) Get a better job.
(c) Build a new house.
(d) Not go to sea again.

3. Who are the Fragmenters?
(a) Wool spinners.
(b) Boys from the Fragment Society School.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Trash collectors.

4. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?
(a) Sara.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Hester.
(d) Lydia.

5. What does Lydia promise as punishment for Dencey?
(a) A whipping from her grandfather.
(b) She is grounded for another week.
(c) She is no longer allowed to spend time with Sammie.
(d) She will wash all the dishes for a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dencey go down to the docks?

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

3. Where do Dencey and Sammie decide to hide the item from Injun Jill?

4. What discarded item does Dencey decide to give to Sammie?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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