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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 are Dencey and Sammie worried about the reading lessons?
(a) They are afraid that Dencey's mother won't approve.
(b) They are afraid that they won't finish in time for Sammie to register for school.
(c) They are afraid that the church elders will find out what they are doing.
(d) They are afraid that Injun Jill will find them.

2. What is Injun Jill's quest?
(a) To find who set her horses free.
(b) To find her brother's killer.
(c) To find who raided the meat from her storehouse.
(d) To find and steal Sammie's book.

3. Where does Dencey sit to think about what she has done to Sammie?
(a) A stool in her room.
(b) A pew at church.
(c) A hay loft in the barn.
(d) A stump in the woods.

4. What devastating news does Sammie tell Dencey?
(a) He is moving to the mainland.
(b) Injun Jill has died.
(c) He is going to work for Professor Snubshoe.
(d) He is going to work on a whaling ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a rift between Tom and his father?

2. How does Dencey plan to beg for Sammie's forgiveness?

3. What does Lydia confront Dencey about in Chapter 23?

4. What does Lydia return to Sammie?

5. What story does Elias tell Dencey that frightens her for the first time?

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