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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 is the name of the family's religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Congregationalist.

2. What promise does Dencey say she cannot keep?
(a) Never to see Sammie again.
(b) To not sing in the house.
(c) To go to choir practice.
(d) To walk to school with Rosie.

3. What complicates the search for Dencey?
(a) Snow is falling hard.
(b) It is raining hard.
(c) She may have been taken by Indians.
(d) There is no moon.

4. Who is caught throwing pebbles at Lydia's window one night?
(a) Paul.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sammie.
(d) Jimmy.

5. How does Injun Jill try to hurt Sammie when he doesn't do what she thinks he should?
(a) She says he was born ugly and will die ugly.
(b) She says that he will never have any friends.
(c) She says that he isn't smart enough to go to school.
(d) She says he is trash just like his white daddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tom not bring presents for the twelve children?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that tugs at Dencey's loneliness while in her room?

3. What cruel reality does Dencey realize about Sammie's life?

4. How does Dencey's dress get a mark on it?

5. What is something that Sammie notes about the Coffyn house which he craves?

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